I only get the points because I have team-mates who do the work and put me in the position to get them.

I refuse to go into a fast-food outlet - to use the toilet even - in case anyone got the wrong idea and thought I was sneaking in a quick burger.

I play with a fear of letting my team down. That's what motivates me.

What I am proud of is I have searched for the best of me and I have been a team man without fail.

I'm pretty aware that the pursuit of perfection is, inherently, a flawed concept.

Playing the game, representing the team, giving my all and never letting go has meant everything to me.

We need to ask ourselves what are we here for and what have we worked so hard to be here for.

My own position is so far on the obsessive side of preparation and professionalism that I fear my point of view is not going to be shared by anyone.

When you're obsessive, like me, searching for something unattainable can become unhealthy ... it's like falling through the air and grabbing at the clouds.

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

I know that Martin Johnson [the England coach] was in the stands, but I didn't feel it was up to me to impress them. He and his assistant [Brian Smith] were here to support me.

Holy mother!""Hmph. More like holy father. I'd think you'd know the difference."-Hephaetus

In great literature, I become a thousand different men but still remain myself.

The memory of the aged becomes clearer and clearer with time. It has no pity.

By degrees, the bitterness at my heart diffused itself to the circumference of the circle in which my life went its cheerless mechanical round.

Under Syrian law, a journalist is not allowed to report on military matters. This may be wrong or right, but that's just the way it is.

Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.

Ninety-five percent of all statistics, including this one, are bogus.

I have two basic rules about winning in trading as well as in life: 1. If you don't bet, you can't win. 2. If you lose all your chips, you can't bet.

The harmonic effects produced unconsciously by our guitarists are one of the miracles of natural art.

One mustn't criticize other people on grounds where he can't stand perpendicular himself