I don't like kicking the ball a lot.

I refuse to go into a fast-food outlet - to use the toilet even - in case anyone got the wrong idea and thought I was sneaking in a quick burger.

I play with a fear of letting my team down. That's what motivates me.

What I am proud of is I have searched for the best of me and I have been a team man without fail.

I only get the points because I have team-mates who do the work and put me in the position to get them.

I'm pretty aware that the pursuit of perfection is, inherently, a flawed concept.

Playing the game, representing the team, giving my all and never letting go has meant everything to me.

We need to ask ourselves what are we here for and what have we worked so hard to be here for.

My own position is so far on the obsessive side of preparation and professionalism that I fear my point of view is not going to be shared by anyone.

When you're obsessive, like me, searching for something unattainable can become unhealthy ... it's like falling through the air and grabbing at the clouds.

I'm very happy to be back playing rugby for England again - there were times when I questioned if this would happen.

How things change, ’ I say, ‘how strange that, even when all is lost, we can still find beauty in simple things.

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

Everyone falls sometimes, son, even me, but the trick is to get right back up. They’ll always target the ones who appear vulnerable, so you need to be strong. Fake it until you make it.

So the mathematician and the artist are companioned in the same dark, and do obeisance to the same gods.

I'm not a big believer in man-made climate change.

[Sigmund ] Freud assumes that every dream represents the satisfaction of adesire and in the last analysis, of a sexual desire that has its roots in infancy.

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

You either believe women are people or you don't. It's that simple.

We were outplayed in every facet of the game

Taking a lady's hand gives her confidence in her physician.