For me to get through the toughest periods in my life, I had to look within to find the energy to do it. I don't give up. Never have. Never will.

I was on dialysis for 18 months before the transplant, so it was important I tried to look ahead to days like my comeback this Saturday. You need those big goals to drive you on.

It's been a long road back to health and fitness for me. I am just glad to have been given the opportunity to do what I love most.

Looking back, my whole life seems so surreal. I didn't just turn up on the doorstep playing rugby, I had to go through a whole lot of things to get there.

The biggest thing for me is just to get out on that field. Just to do that will be incredible.

How do I take a step? How do I lift my foot off the ground, move it through the air a little bit and then bring it down? I had to teach myself to walk again.

It was in 2003 that I realised there was no choice but to have dialysis treatment - by the time of the World Cup that year, I could barely walk. A year later, I finally had a kidney transplant.

I have a stab wound on my left hip and one on my thigh and a slash mark across my right calf. I have a bottle stab wound on my left calf.

When I was playing I felt tired all the time. My recovery period was a lot longer than the other players. They'd be ok after an hour - I'd have to stay in bed till the next session.

Towards the end of 2003 it was hard to get through training - and the darkest point was when a doctor told me there was a possibility I could end up in a wheelchair.

It's a really exciting time to be involved in Welsh rugby.

Sleeping with books is a vicious affair, I do not believe it will ever stop.

I may be a famous writer but when white people clinch to their wallet and stare at me with scorn I need to ask my skin why.

Alcohol is probably one of the greatest things to arrive upon the earth - alongside of me.

INTENTIONS - ACTION = SQUAT

Adolescence and early youth...the fires are burning fastest, right? And your energy level is highest. It demands...and rock is screaming type music.

I have come to believe that this life I'm wearing will never really fit.

Its our actions that define us. What we choose. What we resist. What we're willing to die for.

Books do not simply happen to people. People also happen to books.

[I love] anything chocolate, anytime, anywhere.

Calculus is the most powerful weapon of thought yet devised by the wit of man.