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" The thing I enjoy is that I have come to league as a union player, and I have to adapt to different situations I am facing. "
Sonny Bill Williams
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" What's the worst that can happen? I get knocked out. At least I tried. "
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" All I want is respect. "
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" Every time you step out on that field, it's tough. There is no easy way to approach it and no short cuts out there. "
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" I'll be seeking professional help with regards to alcohol and, until myself and the club feel this is under control, I'll be off the drink. "
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" I don't know if I'm going to be any good at sevens. "
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" 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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" 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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" Going back in time, the best sportsmen ever have been Olympians. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" I definitely want to play rugby at the top level, international rugby. "
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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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