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" My old man never used to cook, so we lived on takeaway. The others were always jealous. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Old Man
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Jealous
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" It's been a long while, but, thank God, now I've been able to get my mum a house. "
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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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" 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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" You can't have eyes on the wall, or the angels won't come in. That's what we believe. "
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" As soon as I signed for the French rugby union, it was just a huge relief, you know, because I was out of Sydney and out of sight doing what was best for myself. "
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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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" It doesn't matter what you look like. Experience is the key. "
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" I would say I have become a lot smarter in the way I understand things. "
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" Boxing's not in my blood... it just grew on me. "
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" 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. "
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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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" Sometimes they are big hurdles, but good players can overcome them. I am trying to do my best. "
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" 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. "
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" In rugby union, I was out wide kicking stones with the pretty boys. "
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Stones
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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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" 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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" My parents were always living from pay cheque to pay cheque. They were always struggling. "
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Living
Pay
Parents
" 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. "
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Me
Brother
Over
" I've definitely got to look after myself first and foremost. "
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Got
Look
Myself
" What's the worst that can happen? I get knocked out. At least I tried. "
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Worst
Get
Happen
" I definitely want to play rugby at the top level, international rugby. "
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Rugby
Level
Play
" 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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" 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. "
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Watch
Want
" The NRL is not an easy gig, but they have some good talent, some good youngsters coming through. "
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Good
" 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. "
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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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I Am
World
" 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. "
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Good Things
Good
Time
" 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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Looks
You
" I have just fallen back in love with rugby league again. "
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Fallen
Back
Again