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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. "
Sonny Bill Williams
TV
Thought
Rugby
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" After that first month in Sydney, I went home for two weeks. I didn't want to ever go back because it was so hard. "
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" In rugby union, I was out wide kicking stones with the pretty boys. "
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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? "
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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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" If I could go back and change how I left the NRL, I would. My name will forever be tarnished but I wasn't the man I am now. "
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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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" There was no way I was going to end up in the scrum when I came to rugby - you know, waste my pretty looks. "
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" I'm not going to sit here and be stupid. If someone comes and offers me double what I'm on, of course I'm going to sit down and seriously look at it. "
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" What's the worst that can happen? I get knocked out. At least I tried. "
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" 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. "
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" Seeing my daughter for the first time after I came back from the tour was just a life-changing experience... it still blows my mind. "
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" I do speak my mind a lot more than when I was younger. I guess that's just my Polynesian background. That's how we are: just sit back and try and fit in, try and make everyone else happy. "
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" My old man never used to cook, so we lived on takeaway. The others were always jealous. "
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" I've become a true Muslim. It's giving me happiness. It's made me become content as a man and helped me to grow. I've just got faith in it, and it has definitely helped me become the man I am today. "
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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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" My parents were always living from pay cheque to pay cheque. They were always struggling. "
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" 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. "
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" I've definitely got to look after myself first and foremost. "
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" You always feel for your fellow players when they are going through tough times, losing and things like that. "
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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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" Boxing's not in my blood... it just grew on me. "
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" I think I'm evolving, I'm always in search of bettering myself, how I can improve as a sportsman and as a person. "
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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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" As a league player, for myself, you strive to win a comp. I'm lucky enough to have achieved that... but most sportspeople would love to go to the Olympics, and I haven't achieved that. "
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" I rock up to training, and Folkesy, Steve Folkes - someone that, to be honest, has never paid any interest in my personal life - he comes up to me and starts saying, 'You're not turning Muslim are you?' "
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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. "
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