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" Beforehand you think, 'Oh, changing nappies - I'm going to be up; I need to get sleep for training.' But when it happens, when you're there, as soon as you hear a wiggle or a cough or something, you're up straight away. It doesn't bother you. "

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" What's the worst that can happen? I get knocked out. At least I tried. "

" I wouldn't say I am a businessman. "

" People have goodness in their hearts. "

" A young fella snuck out on to the field somehow, but when he was coming up to give me a hug, he got smoked by the guard. He was lucky the guy didn't break his ribs. "

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" It's pretty tough to play some good footy when your team is always losing. "

" I've got to do everything extra to put myself in the best shape to get in the World Cup squad. "

" I think the reason I hadn't fought was just the aftermath of the Botha fight. You put so much into a fight, and people just talk about it like it was a bit of a farce or something. "

" I am my own man now; I can think for myself, whereas when I was 20, 21, I always wanted to please others. "

" I grew up as a Polynesian kid in the Polynesian community, and I was this skinny white kid. "

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" I've had an amazing ride. I've been blessed beyond things that I could never have imagined. "

" All I want is respect. "

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" You always have your knockers. There's always something wrong. But I'm happy. I think that I'm improving as a fighter; that's all I can ask for. "

" Being a young Kiwi lad, a young Polynesian boy, I was pretty close to my family. But when I moved to Sydney, I went from training twice a week, playing touch footy with my mates, to working full-time as a labourer and training professionally. "

" I have just fallen back in love with rugby league again. "

" I had to work on the fundamentals of the game because in league, the position I played, it was just bash and crash. "

" I don't want to let my family down; I don't want to let myself down. That's probably the biggest thing I fear. "

" The biggest thing for me is earning the respect of my fellow players and coaches. I think that is why I was a little bit emotional. You don't get a haka done to you from the brothers for no reason if they don't respect you. "

" You always feel for your fellow players when they are going through tough times, losing and things like that. "

" Just like in rugby, the pinnacle was playing for the All Blacks. That was always a massive thing. But you never speak it outwardly because it can sound stupid. But if you don't have massive dreams, you might as well stay in bed. "

" That's the beautiful thing about being a father for the first time; it has really made me get my concentration levels in check. "

" I'm a lot more comfortable in the ring. I'm comfortable catching punches, and defensively, I feel like I've improved a lot. I am banking on my athleticism. I've worked hard on my footwork. "

" My parents were always living from pay cheque to pay cheque. They were always struggling. "

" I was never going to be a rocket scientist. But I found the field that I was blessed to be able to do, and I just put my whole effort into that. "

" I don't have the runs on the board to trash talk anyone in the boxing sense. I've got to do it the hard way and earn that respect. "

" Although the rugby league fraternity probably don't like it, the rugby union fraternity probably doesn't like it, it's cool for sportsmen, for young kids coming up, to know that there's not just that one door. "

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" It's been a long while, but, thank God, now I've been able to get my mum a house. "

" I grew up in a commissioned house in the next suburb over, Mount Abbot. It was a two-bedroom house with me, my brother, and my two sisters. Mum and Dad slept in the lounge, and we didn't have wallpaper. "

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" To be part of something special, to be an Olympian and have the chance to win a medal - it's an amazing feeling. "

" To win competitions you need a bit of luck and some talent. I think we have some talent on our bus. "