Last summer was probably the biggest disappointment of my career, but now I have something bad with which to balance the good. I will no longer take anything for granted.

I think training and being dedicated is very important, but one aspect that I always live by is that I enjoy myself in what I do!

It's 45 minutes after the game right now and I still don't want to take this jersey off. That's because I know that when I do it'll be for the last time.

You've to celebrate the good days because there are brutal days that make the good ones sweet.

I love going out every day and training and being part of the team, and having friendships built up over a number of years. It's those aspects of sport that I feel are really important.

If you start thinking about retirement in six months' time, you're already there.

Team sports are very important for shaping personalities. It's important that kids understand the mentality behind playing team sports and playing for one another and playing with friends.

I had come across a few sports psychologists, and I had no time for nearly all of them. I just don't think they work in a team environment.

I've never bought a sports car.

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

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

Have we ever thought that being lost is our destination?

What man can hate or love well when he is drugged?

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skilfully.

Why should any man have power over any other man's faith, seeing Christ Himself is the author of it?

I don't talk to the groupies. I talk to nice, upstanding women. The groupies don't get my attention. It's the women that I like.

You can touch everything and be connected to nothing.

Martial arts are art forms and require a great deal of discipline and dedication. I so admire people who focus their lives on it, because it's not an easy thing to do.

I don't do drugs, and so music very much gets me going. When I do something, I think, "If it was a piece of music, what would it be?"

Return to the beginning. Enter by form. Clean your dojo. As you have every day, tie on the white belt and empty your cup. Pick up your guitar, tune, then play.

We are poor mortals, but it dreams to us that we can fly.