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" Boxing's not in my blood... it just grew on me. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Me
Boxing
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" I have learned from my mistakes... the business we are in is cutthroat. I have seen too many older blokes give their all for clubs, then be told they are not wanted. Even blokes still on contract are told to look elsewhere. "
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" OK, I floss, I brush my teeth, and I use mouth wash. Does that mean that I love it? That means that I, you know, like to look after my teeth! "
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" 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. "
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" I thought that if I could play rugby on TV, I'd be able to get my mum a house. That was the driving factor. "
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" I've had an amazing ride. I've been blessed beyond things that I could never have imagined. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" My parents were always living from pay cheque to pay cheque. They were always struggling. "
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" 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. "
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" When I first went to rugby, I wanted it all; I just wanted it all, and you know, I thought it was just going to happen just like that, but I've come to learn that good things take time. "
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