Rugby Quotes - page 2

A game of rugby is a work of art! (Danie Craven)
As a teenager, I was always this strange mixture of kind of vice-captain of the rugby team and sensitive artist type the rest of the time. I was sent away to this public school in the middle of nowhere, and I think we managed to completely miss out on normal youth culture. View quote
Mark Haddon
It's Thursday afternoon, and we have sports. These are the choices for the girls: watching an invitational cricket game; studying in one of the classrooms; or watching the senior rugby league. As you can imagine, I'm torn. View quote
Melina Marchetta
I've always said that playing rugby in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan. View quote
Javier Bardem
I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow. View quote
Javier Bardem
The most scared I'd ever been was the first time I sang at a rugby match, Australia versus New Zealand, in front of one hundred thousand people. I had a panic attack the night before because people have been booed off and never worked again... just singing one song, the national anthem. View quote
Hugh Jackman
I get too excited about football and rugby. View quote
Matthew Lewis
Going vegan was one of the best things I've done, both for my rugby game and on a personal level. I'm strong and fit, my reflexes are sharp, my mind is awake, and my conscience is clear – I encourage everyone to give meat, eggs, and dairy foods the red card and see the difference for themselves! View quote
Mirco Bergamasco
I come from a country that lives and breathes rugby, and I didn't think there would be anywhere else in the world that could be the same. But New Zealand takes it to another dimension. It's extraordinary how much passion Kiwis have for the game. View quote
Luke Evans
Rugby gave me a confidence. I was quite shy and relatively timid, but it gave me the confidence to be a little bit more out-going and back myself a bit more. View quote
Brian O'Driscoll
I've spent a lot of my teenage years working on sets. I've missed out on more than just playing rugby, but I think I've managed to keep my feet on the ground and keep my friends around me. (Douglas Booth)
In my youth I thought I was going to be a professional rugby player. View quote
Georgie Fame
For reasons that baffle me still, my high school sports coaches put me in the first division of the rugby, cricket, and soccer teams. View quote
Hamish Bowles
I've kind of banned myself from motorcycles. I've had broken ribs, broken shoulder, wrists, leg, broken collarbone - and it was all from motocross or rugby. All of my injuries have come from outside of sailing. View quote
James Spithill
It's a really exciting time to be involved in Welsh rugby. View quote
Jonah Lomu
For me now, I will continue to focus ever harder on my goal of being the very best I can be with Toulon Rugby Club and continue to embrace and enjoy wherever that path takes me. View quote
Jonny Wilkinson
I never ever believed that I would be able to give up on this dream which has driven me to live, breathe, love and embrace the game of rugby from the earliest days that I can remember. View quote
Jonny Wilkinson
I come from a sports family and my husband is a rugby player. View quote
Kirsty Gallacher
With all the traveling and promotion I've been doing for 'Murderball,' its been difficult keeping up with my rugby training. View quote
Mark Zupan
I think rugby is 80 per cent mental. View quote
Francois Hougaard
As soon as you have an average game, everyone is quick to criticise and say, 'You suck; you shouldn't be playing rugby.' (Francois Hougaard)
I lost a dear friend of mine from a rugby injury at 26. We don't usually deal with mortality at that early age and it's given me an appreciation of time, of trying to fit everything in. View quote
Matthew Rhys
Soccer is a continuous game, rugby is a continuous game, but for the physical elements that are involved in playing a football game and the number of plays that you play, I don't know that it was ever intended to be a continuous game. View quote
Nick Saban
The time I've spent in professional Premiership club rugby has been invaluable. View quote
Rob Andrew
My dad played rugby, so I used to watch a lot of rugby union and rugby league. View quote
Ryan Giggs