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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. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Going
Rocket
Never
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" 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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" 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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" 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 love winning, and I love the challenge. "
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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 guess you could say I have grown up, matured. I have seen a lot, and I guess that probably sums it up. "
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" I've got confidence that I'll be able to pick it up eventually, but that's the reason I'm a full-time Sevens player this year: because I knew coming into it that it would be really tough, and I've got to give it my all. "
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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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" Every rugby player in Australia and New Zealand or wherever they are from wants to play in the World Cup, and I am no different. "
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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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" You can't have eyes on the wall, or the angels won't come in. That's what we believe. "
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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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" We're so lucky where we live, but we're so out of touch. Everyone's mindset is made to feel that refugees are a problem, but it's more than that. They're human beings, too. They were forced from their homes. "
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" I just don't want to fail, to be honest. "
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" 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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" If you go about trying to please everyone, there's going to be endless struggles. "
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