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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. "

Sonny Bill Williams

Today

Man

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" You always have your knockers. There's always something wrong. But I'm happy. I think that I'm improving as a fighter; that's all I can ask for. "

" 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. "

" 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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" 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've had an amazing ride. I've been blessed beyond things that I could never have imagined. "

" I definitely want to play rugby at the top level, international rugby. "

" I guess you could say I have grown up, matured. I have seen a lot, and I guess that probably sums it up. "

Sonny Bill Williams

You

Guess

" 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. "

" I wouldn't say I am a businessman. "

" 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. "

" The pleasing thing is being able to be in an environment where, even though I'm a rookie, everyone wants to help you out. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

Brother

Over

" Every time you step out on that field, it's tough. There is no easy way to approach it and no short cuts out there. "

" I just used to bank on my athleticism. "

" As a rugby player, you strive to be an All Black, win a World Cup, and win a Super Rugby title. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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

" 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

Thought

Rugby

" Sometimes they are big hurdles, but good players can overcome them. I am trying to do my best. "

" If you go about trying to please everyone, there's going to be endless struggles. "

" If a lawyer, if a teacher, if a bus driver, if they're on $40,000 and they get offered a lot more to go somewhere else, what do you think they're going to do? "

" I would say I have become a lot smarter in the way I understand things. "

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

" 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. "