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" My parents were always living from pay cheque to pay cheque. They were always struggling. "
Sonny Bill Williams
Living
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Parents
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" 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. "
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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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" To be part of something special, to be an Olympian and have the chance to win a medal - it's an amazing feeling. "
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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 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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" I am my own man now; I can think for myself, whereas when I was 20, 21, I always wanted to please others. "
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" How can I tell my daughter when she grows up to aspire to be what she wants to be if I am too scared to hop back in the ring because of what some people have said about me? "
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" Now I am just focusing on my daughter, my wife, religion, and training. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" That's the beautiful thing about being a father for the first time; it has really made me get my concentration levels in check. "
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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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Just like in rugby, the pinnacle was playing for the All Blacks. That was always a massive thing. But you never speak it outwardly because it can sound stupid. But if you don't have massive dreams, you might as well stay in bed. "
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