Brain Quote by Graham Lowe

I know part of me is going to die when I stop playing rugby.

— Alun Wyn Jones

I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow.

— Javier Bardem

I've got my head fixed on the next part of life. I know there will be an adjusting period of just not being a…

— Brian O'Driscoll

I had just been promoted to the first rugby team. It was a perfect, wonderful coming of age. My brother was already in the…

— Anthony Browne

I was eight years old and I was playing rugby for my local club.

— Kelvin Fletcher

When I was younger, I really loved playing rugby.

— Phil Dunster

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

— Anthony Browne

I never had a concussion playing rugby.

— Sheamus

I played rugby until I was 15, 16 and I eventually had to say, 'No, I have to choose one' and it was obviously…

— Jack Butland

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 wanna play until I am 45 if my body will let me. After football, I have no idea.

— Lucy Bronze

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

— Gareth Thomas