Ability Quote by James Haskell

Rugby gave me a confidence. I was quite shy and relatively timid, but it gave me the confidence to be a little bit more…

— Brian O'Driscoll

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

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 tried to play rugby but was never very good.

— Ralph Fiennes

International rugby is a step up, and this is somewhere you come to get better and improve as a player.

— Owen Farrell

I'm very happy to be back playing rugby for England again - there were times when I questioned if this would happen.

— Jonny Wilkinson

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

It was so important to have stuff outside of rugby so you have a life balance. I took a lot of criticism for that…

— James Haskell

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

— Gareth Thomas

I've been a professional rugby player all my life; I don't really know anything different.

— Brian O'Driscoll

To a point, family does that and a couple of life experiences both positive and negative that have definitely altered my perception on rugby.…

— Alun Wyn Jones

Before there was any chance to go to England, I changed schools, and it was rugby from there on in.

— Brian O'Driscoll