Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I've got to do everything extra to put myself in the best shape to get in the World Cup squad. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Squad
World
Everything
Related Quotes:
" I just used to bank on my athleticism. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Just
Bank
Used
" 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? "
Sonny Bill Williams
Lawyer
You
Bus
" I guess I've always had a - not really thought of myself as this big star, big identity in the game. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Always
Myself
Identity
" 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. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Game
Watch
Want
" The NRL is not an easy gig, but they have some good talent, some good youngsters coming through. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Talent
Coming
Good
" 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. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Australia
I Am
World
" My biggest challenge for myself is to be the best father I can be and be the best husband I can be. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Challenge
Father
Myself
" Beforehand you think, 'Oh, changing nappies - I'm going to be up; I need to get sleep for training.' But when it happens, when you're there, as soon as you hear a wiggle or a cough or something, you're up straight away. It doesn't bother you. "
Sonny Bill Williams
You
Need
Sleep
" 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.' "
Sonny Bill Williams
Proud
Look
Goals
" It was a fairly normal happy upbringing. Not a lot of money, but a lot of love. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Money
Normal
Fairly
" I don't know if I'm going to be any good at sevens. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Going
Good
Know
" 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
Up
You
Guess
" 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. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Man
Now
Back
" 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. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Good Things
Good
Time
" 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. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Home
Back
Hard
" I've had an amazing ride. I've been blessed beyond things that I could never have imagined. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Beyond
Ride
Never
" 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. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Family
Down
Fear
" 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
Me
" In rugby union, I was out wide kicking stones with the pretty boys. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Pretty
Stones
Union
" I've definitely got to look after myself first and foremost. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Got
Look
Myself
" 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. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Feel
Always
Young
" It doesn't matter what you look like. Experience is the key. "
Sonny Bill Williams
You
Key
Like
" One thing I've learned over my career is that simplicity is the key: on the field, off as well. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Career
Key
Off
" I like the challenge, week in, week out, of trying to play good, consistent footy. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Out
Challenge
Play
" By the end of my first year at the Dogs, we'd won the competition, and I'd played some pretty good footy. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Year
Some
Good
" Now, I know a lot of things in the big man's world are not what they seem: a lot of people are out for themselves, and you can't always trust what someone says. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Know
Man
People
" The pleasing thing is being able to be in an environment where, even though I'm a rookie, everyone wants to help you out. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Environment
Everyone
You
" I think the reason I hadn't fought was just the aftermath of the Botha fight. You put so much into a fight, and people just talk about it like it was a bit of a farce or something. "
Sonny Bill Williams
People
You
Think
" My mindset at this stage, especially after having a daughter... it's just changed my whole outlook. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Stage
Just
Mindset
" 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. "
Sonny Bill Williams
You
Fighter
Happy