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" I just used to bank on my athleticism. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Just
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" If we're going to be getting treated like that, why can't we treat the clubs like that? I just want to see the game and the players looked after the way they should be because the crowds don't turn up to watch David Gallop play... they turn up to watch the players play. "
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" If you go about trying to please everyone, there's going to be endless struggles. "
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" That's the beautiful thing about being a father for the first time; it has really made me get my concentration levels in check. "
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" I like the challenge, week in, week out, of trying to play good, consistent footy. "
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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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" 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 just don't want to fail, to be honest. "
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" 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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" One of my major goals off the field is to conduct myself in a way that... parents are proud to say, 'Oh yeah, look, he wants to be like Sonny Bill Williams.' "
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