The biggest thing for me is just to get out on that field. Just to do that will be incredible.

I was on dialysis for 18 months before the transplant, so it was important I tried to look ahead to days like my comeback this Saturday. You need those big goals to drive you on.

It's been a long road back to health and fitness for me. I am just glad to have been given the opportunity to do what I love most.

For me to get through the toughest periods in my life, I had to look within to find the energy to do it. I don't give up. Never have. Never will.

Looking back, my whole life seems so surreal. I didn't just turn up on the doorstep playing rugby, I had to go through a whole lot of things to get there.

How do I take a step? How do I lift my foot off the ground, move it through the air a little bit and then bring it down? I had to teach myself to walk again.

It was in 2003 that I realised there was no choice but to have dialysis treatment - by the time of the World Cup that year, I could barely walk. A year later, I finally had a kidney transplant.

I have a stab wound on my left hip and one on my thigh and a slash mark across my right calf. I have a bottle stab wound on my left calf.

When I was playing I felt tired all the time. My recovery period was a lot longer than the other players. They'd be ok after an hour - I'd have to stay in bed till the next session.

Towards the end of 2003 it was hard to get through training - and the darkest point was when a doctor told me there was a possibility I could end up in a wheelchair.

It's a really exciting time to be involved in Welsh rugby.

We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.

Every social association that is not face-to-face is injurious to your health

There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.

For me, I think the Lord wanted me to win to put a smile on Chinese people's faces.

Being alone is very difficult.

The more a leader is in the habit of demanding from his men, the surer he will be that his demands will be answered.

An enormous amount of direct advertising from pharmaceutical companies are offering a kind of instantaneous solution to problems.

Built into you is an internal guidance system that shows you the way home. All you need to do is heed the voice.

Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.