Beauden Barrett

When you lose for the All Blacks it's not a nice feeling. Expectations on us are pretty high. We have high standards…

— Beauden Barrett

I grew up on a farm playing backyard footie in my bare feet.

— Beauden Barrett

To me, being an All Black means following our dreams.

— Beauden Barrett

Every season is hard, every season has its ups and downs.

— Beauden Barrett

For some reason, the more the pressure comes on, the more enjoyable it gets.

— Beauden Barrett

I just remember, it seemed to be the thing to do to get up a three o'clock in the morning and watch…

— Beauden Barrett

I learnt a lot from a psychological point of view about having to move on and flush things and not live on…

— Beauden Barrett

It certainly helped just having acres and acres of green grass, a back lawn where there's goal posts and plenty of siblings…

— Beauden Barrett

We grow up in New Zealand from a young age getting up at 3am to watch the All Blacks play South Africa…

— Beauden Barrett

We pride ourselves on preparing well and genuinely. It's quite easy to brush over the small details, your recovery, the little one…

— Beauden Barrett

At 17 I was graduating and didn't know what to do. I was seriously contemplating going to Melbourne to play Aussie football.

— Beauden Barrett

Our mental skills expert Gilbert Enoka is just amazing the work he does.

— Beauden Barrett

Whatever role the coaches decide for me and the team, I'm happy with that.

— Beauden Barrett

I was more than happy to not wear shoes. The only time we wore shoes was on Sunday when we went to…

— Beauden Barrett

Mum always encouraged us to run, she was very athletic.

— Beauden Barrett

I'm such a perfectionist and I want to do everything right, kick every goal, do everything perfectly, but that is not reality.

— Beauden Barrett

I don't read anything. I don't read the press. I've always valued my supporters and my haters are supporters in disguise. That's…

— Beauden Barrett

A lot of the values I have come from the farm and from my parents, of grafting and of giving, and of…

— Beauden Barrett

I must say I'm a bit more daunted about changing a nappy than I am making a tackle... unless it's Ngani Laumape…

— Beauden Barrett

I'm a Kiwi country boy, approachable, genuine, never getting too far ahead of myself, a straightforward kind of bloke.

— Beauden Barrett

In the back of your mind there's always these contractual things you have to deal with. You try to put that aside…

— Beauden Barrett

I take a laid-back approach to a lot of things in life and, at the end of the day, rugby's just a…

— Beauden Barrett

I think New Zealand Rugby do an exceptional job, the way it's set up from the All Blacks, right down to grassroots.…

— Beauden Barrett

You've got to understand and accept that nothing in the world is perfect. The sooner you understand that, the better it will…

— Beauden Barrett

I live in Wellington now but I love going back to the farm where all you can hear are the cows or…

— Beauden Barrett