Admire Quote by Chris Eubank Sr

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

It is very easy to make athletes, and it is very difficult to make rugby players with that rugby instinct. I would like to…

— Alun Wyn Jones

Ultimately, rugby players are like surfers. You look for the perfect wave, but you don't always find it. And if you did, you'd probably…

— Alun Wyn Jones

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

Rugby's all I've ever wanted to do.

— Owen Farrell

People think of rugby players as being tough but it's another thing to stand in front of someone and get kicked, punched, taken down.…

— James Haskell

Statistically, there have to be more gay men in rugby than we know about and I would hate for them to be going home…

— James Haskell

I was never ever attracted to any of my rugby mates; I was really good at switching off my emotions and I wouldn't have…

— Gareth Thomas

I was always driven by the idea that if people ever found out about who I was then the stature I created for myself…

— 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

Wherever I am in my life, it's because rugby has enabled me to do that.

— Gareth Thomas

I am a rugby player and first and foremost I am a man.

— Gareth Thomas