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I used to love looking at a recipe, getting all the bits and pieces in the shops, getting them ready and prepared... I don't really have the time to do that anymore.
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There's ego in all of us rugby players.
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As the summer moves on, there are Saturday nights when I come home and find friends I haven't even been out with sitting up in the hot tub.
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You cannot say things one week and then behave differently.
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I would always treat my attacking game as the more natural part. With defence, you have to get yourself in positions to understand the game and understand situations and that might not be as natural a thing.
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I think my form dipped after the Six Nations in 2007, from the World Cup onwards.
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A physical therapist does some unbelievable stretching with me.
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There have been a couple of things I've been involved in launching that have been a bit more public, but I've always had other things tipping away in the background.
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I was a football fan before I became a rugby fan.
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I was quite small as a kid and maybe a little afraid physically. When I grew into myself, the realisation changed. That when you hurt yourself, it's transient; it doesn't stay forever.
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I just want to concentrate on my rugby and enjoy it and live in the moment.
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I have interests outside of rugby and have been cultivating them for when I do decide to hang up the boots.
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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!
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I have always played into the belief that you are only ever borrowing the jersey; you never own the jersey because someone has gone before you and there is going to be someone after you, so it's a case of giving the jersey maximum respect.
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I've got my head fixed on the next part of life. I know there will be an adjusting period of just not being a rugby player for a while, and over that period I'll get my head around what the next challenge involves.
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There is still a big onus to be coached. I understand the best teams don't need a huge amount of coaching, but that's when a coach should decide not to do coaching.
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Practise things you're good at. Keep on top of things you're not so good at, but be world-class at your best. Never think, 'I'm very good at this and that, I can leave those for a bit.
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I tell you one you straight off in Scotland - Nick de Luca. I don't see his name quoted, but I've played against Nick quite a lot and he is a good player - one of the trickiest centres I've played against.
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If you stick around long enough and you do enough of the right things, you get seen in a largely positive light.
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You've to celebrate the good days because there are brutal days that make the good ones sweet.
Brian O'Driscoll
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Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
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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...
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It's rare enough as an older generation player that you're 100% fit - there's always something niggling.
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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.
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