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" I've had an amazing ride. I've been blessed beyond things that I could never have imagined. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Beyond
Ride
Never
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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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" 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. "
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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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" My biggest challenge for myself is to be the best father I can be and be the best husband I can be. "
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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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" All I want is respect. "
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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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" My mindset at this stage, especially after having a daughter... it's just changed my whole outlook. "
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" I guess I've always had a - not really thought of myself as this big star, big identity in the game. "
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" I don't know if I'm going to be any good at sevens. "
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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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" It's pretty tough to play some good footy when your team is always losing. "
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" I would say I have become a lot smarter in the way I understand things. "
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" What's the worst that can happen? I get knocked out. At least I tried. "
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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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" OK, I floss, I brush my teeth, and I use mouth wash. Does that mean that I love it? That means that I, you know, like to look after my teeth! "
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" By the end of my first year at the Dogs, we'd won the competition, and I'd played some pretty good footy. "
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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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" I had to work on the fundamentals of the game because in league, the position I played, it was just bash and crash. "
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" I have learned from my mistakes... the business we are in is cutthroat. I have seen too many older blokes give their all for clubs, then be told they are not wanted. Even blokes still on contract are told to look elsewhere. "
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" It's not an easy gig, being in the NRL sometimes: you always feel for the boys because you have that mutual respect knowing what they go through. "
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" It was a fairly normal happy upbringing. Not a lot of money, but a lot of love. "
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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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