Back Quote by Brian O'Driscoll

I've always been confident in my rugby ability but with England I had to adjust my behaviour.

— James Haskell

I was quite often told I was too small to play rugby, but I always liked the adversity and to prove people wrong.

— Rob Burrow

My sport was my comfort. The routine, the camaraderie, the team... everyone's around you. After rugby you're on your own.

— Gareth Thomas

When things could've gone really bad, rugby caught my interest and I really stuck with it. The sport brought me, maybe off the streets…

— Daniel Cudmore

I was a rugby player, I was a hockey player. You know, I just love to challenge myself, and I love to compete.

— Jason Priestley

I tried to play rugby but was never very good.

— Ralph Fiennes

When you're going through difficult times, like I was after the 2013-14 Ashes, you start thinking about different bits. Rugby is a huge passion…

— Jonny Bairstow

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

— Beauden Barrett

I was training my whole younger life to be a sportsman. Rugby was my main thing.

— Nicholas Galitzine

It is the toughest, most macho of male sports, and with that comes an image. In many ways, it is barbaric, and I could…

— Gareth Thomas

I was born and raised to play rugby. I have two parents who are hugely proud of my rugby achievements, but even they say…

— Gareth Thomas

I played rugby from the age of 10 until my late twenties; an unlikely player - small, quiet, long-haired and 'wiry.'

— Anthony Browne