Jonny Wilkinson Quotes

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• I play with a fear of letting my team down. That's what motivates me.
• I only get the points because I have team-mates who do the work and put me in the position to get them.
• We need to ask ourselves what are we here for and what have we worked so hard to be here for,
• My own position is so far on the obsessive side of preparation and professionalism that I fear my point of view is not going to…
• The conversation topic in my head is not what role I should play; it is whether I am going to play at all,
• I want to be more than just some guy who played in a World Cup final.
• I do, have done and always will believe that I am very capable of performing and thriving at any level of the sport.
• For me now, I will continue to focus ever harder on my goal of being the very best I can be with Toulon Rugby Club…
• I'm not necessarily proud of the World Cups and the grand slams won or lost, the amount of points I scored, this record or that.
• I'm pretty aware that the pursuit of perfection is, inherently, a flawed concept.
• When you're obsessive, like me, searching for something unattainable can become unhealthy ... it's like falling through the air and grabbing at the clouds.
• Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldnt bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down.
• Those Aussie rugby fans are a bunch of sore losers. I hate 'em all.
• I like to think I play rugby as it should be played - there are no yellow or red cards in my collection - but…
• I know that Martin Johnson [the England coach] was in the stands, but I didn't feel it was up to me to impress them. He…
• I refuse to go into a fast-food outlet - to use the toilet even - in case anyone got the wrong idea and thought I…
• To say I have played through four World Cups, two Lions tours, 91 international games and a ridiculous number of injuries and other setbacks gives…
• The problem with me is I always think I should've done better. I felt that after the World Cup final and through my whole career.
• What I am proud of is I have searched for the best of me and I have been a team man without fail.
• I would like to wish the England squad every success. I would also very much like to extend those wishes to Martin Johnson, Brian Smith,…

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