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" My mindset at this stage, especially after having a daughter... it's just changed my whole outlook. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Stage
Just
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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 just don't want to fail, to be honest. "
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" 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? "
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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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