Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldnt bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down.

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.

When teachers doubt your potential, show them how wrong they truly are.

It's all in the mind, conquer it!

Fun, like champagne bubbles, can't completely fill you up.

The political maturity of a country is measured by what citizens willingly do for themselves and one another.

Love turns one person into two; and two into one.

I won 1,098 games, and eight national championships, and coached in four different decades. But what I see are not the numbers. I see their faces.

Dalai Lama is taking a subtle and nuanced view of politics and he is thinking in terms of events well beyond our lifetime.

Wherever there is power, there is very great responsibility to utilize it properly.

We have to continue to confront the challenge of corruption within the public service.

If the dreams of any so-called normal man were exposed ... there would be no more gravity and dignity left for mankind.