Rugby Career Quotes

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.

To say I have played through four World Cups, two Lions tours, 91 international games and a ridiculous number of injuries and other setbacks gives me an incredibly special feeling of fulfilment. I know myself well enough to know that I will never truly be satisfied.

I never counted on playing rugby: I was just another fat kid chasing an egg. It has gone pretty well.

I have interests outside of rugby and have been cultivating them for when I do decide to hang up the boots.

The time I've spent in professional Premiership club rugby has been invaluable.

I had dreams of being a professional rugby player.

I definitely want to play rugby at the top level, international rugby.

When I started my professional rugby career, in 2002, there was one guy filming training if you were lucky.

I've been a professional rugby player all my life; I don't really know anything different.

Your name or what you've done on the rugby pitch is not going to carry you through for the rest of your life. I realise I'm going to have to eventually do something else, and that does frighten me a little bit.

I have won 85 caps and have had a great career with Wales and have enjoyed every minute of it.

To make this announcement fills me with great sadness, but I know I have been blessed in so many ways to have experienced what I have with the England rugby team.