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

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.

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.

Remember, son, you're most afraid when you can think of no one but yourself.

Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason?For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.

Blind passion was one thing, all-knowing intimacy a rarer commodity.

We shall face many troubles. But the Lord shall deliver us from each one of them.

I sighed and deleted the message, imagining the dirty clothes multiplying like rabbits, because that’s what they do when I’m not around.

A good editor is like tinsel to a Christmas Tree...they add the perfect amount of sparkle without being gaudy.

No strike could ever be won with a Communist at its head since the employers would make victory impossible.

The future stands in need of you in order to be born.

Man is able, and has the duty, to reach the furthest point on the road he has chosen. Only by means of hope can we attain what is beyond hope.

What is concisely referred to as global warming, is a fatal mistake of the present time.