End Quote by Sonny Bill Williams

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

I know my dad would have loved me to have played rugby. He was a No. 8. I started off playing centre and ended…

— Jack Butland

After giving up rugby, I wanted to keep busy.

— Gareth Thomas

I didn't fulfil my rugby potential.

— Gerwyn Price

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

The scrum and the tackle are the two really contentious areas of the game. If you get those two aspects right, most rugby matches…

— Alan Lewis

I thought maybe I'd stick it out for a year or two and then end up going back to Rugby but I was playing…

— Gerwyn Price

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

Playing rugby has been my whole life and for me, keeping fit was part of my job. But when I gave up my career,…

— Gareth Thomas

Your name or what you've done on the rugby pitch is not going to carry you through for the rest of your life. I…

— Brian O'Driscoll

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