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" How can I tell my daughter when she grows up to aspire to be what she wants to be if I am too scared to hop back in the ring because of what some people have said about me? "

Sonny Bill Williams

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" Now I am just focusing on my daughter, my wife, religion, and training. "

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" Boxing's not in my blood... it just grew on me. "

Sonny Bill Williams

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

" I don't know if I'm going to be any good at sevens. "

" I love winning, and I love the challenge. "

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

" To be an Olympian - not many people can say that. But first of all, I've got to make the team, and I know a lot of hard work is going to go into it, so hopefully it pays off. "

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" Going back in time, the best sportsmen ever have been Olympians. "

" I didn't feel that I really fit in anywhere. So when I was young I always had to prove myself through my sporting ability. "

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

" My mindset at this stage, especially after having a daughter... it's just changed my whole outlook. "

" 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. "

Sonny Bill Williams

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" I like the challenge, week in, week out, of trying to play good, consistent footy. "

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

" I just don't want to fail, to be honest. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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" I really wanted to come into the Olympics. "

" 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. "