Rugby Quotes - Page 9

• In 2011 I stopped playing rugby for England so during the Six Nations, which is on during February and March, I was able to grab a week's skiing. But I still had to take it pretty easy because I didn't want to get injured while I was playing for Gloucester. In 2013, when I retired fully from rugby, I finally had the chance to go a couple of times a season.

  Mike Tindall

  Couple, Able, England

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• I started going on ski trips at senior school. I can't remember exactly where but we skied in the Tirol in Austria a couple of times and also went to Val d'Isère in France. When I was 15, rugby took over and there wasn't time to ski any more. I didn't ski again until I was 33.

  Mike Tindall

  Senior, Couple, School

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• eah, you don't get a lot of meatheads doing improvised theater to begin with, and that's always been my thing. I talk about the nerd/meathead dichotomy on my podcast a lot, but there was a time when I was doing UCB full-time and playing men's league rugby in New York City, and I was like the funniest, artsiest rugby player, and the bro-iest improv comedian. I've always managed to sort of be in both sides.

  Jon Gabrus

  New York, Player, Men

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I was doing a play in New York, which we had done in New Haven, Connecticut. It was an American premiere of a play called The Changing Room written by a wonderful man named David Story. It was about a rugby team in the North of England. It got just screaming rave reviews. At that time, virtually every major critic went up to the Long Wharf Theater to see a new play like that.

  Richard Masur

  New York, Team, Men

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I was absolutely a non-starter at games. My report for rugby said, 'Nigel's chief contribution is his presence on the field.' I used to pray for rain and sometimes it did rain - and we played anyway.

  Nigel Rees

  Rain, Games, Fields

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• Its like a Contiki tour, getting on and off buses, getting pissed.

  Willie Mason

  Rugby League, Bus, And Off

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• In the past two or three years, the number of clubs has doubled ... we've got close to 8 000 players, about 60 to 80 clubs. It's not restricted to the metros any more, it's gone rural.

  Nasser Hussain

  Player, Past, Two

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• I've got a good Barbarians squad including Australian backs who have played together. Gavin Henson would make a fool of himself if he was way off the pace. Not having made a tackle or played a game for so long beforehand would be a disadvantage. It would be ideal if he has a couple of games first, but who with?

  Nick Mallett

  Couple, Squad, Games

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• Character, character, character. First, second and third ... we were pretty rusty initially. When you have a break for a few weeks you get a bit of rust.

  Graham Henry

  Character, Firsts, Rust

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• We can change South Africa on the rugby field

  Danie Craven

  Fields, South, South Africa

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• He just rubs people up the wrong way in a short space of time and, after he'd gone, one of the South African coaches there said to me in a thick Bok accent 'You see, Richard, what we have to put up with?'

  Richard Loe

  Space, People, Way

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• I come from a sports family and my husband is a rugby player.

  Kirsty Gallacher

  Sports, Husband, Player

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• I would have thought there's no greater country to watch rugby than New Zealand.

  Jamie Bamber

  Country, Watches, Greater

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• I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.

  Joe Theismann

  Long, Afl, Matter

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• Wrestling and boxing is like Ping-Pong and rugby. There's no connection.

  Mickey Rourke

  Wrestling, Boxing, Connections

  "Mickey Rourke Explains His Preparation For 'The Wrestler': 'I Had Some Demons'". Interview with Josh Horowitz, www.mtv.com. September 11, 2008.

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• I love baseball. And American Football, too. But not rugby.

  Carlos Slim

  Baseball, Football, American Football

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• The time for reminiscing is after rugby. Then you can sit down and get fat.

  Josh Lewsey

  Reminiscing, Down And, Fats

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• I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow.

  Javier Bardem

  Retired

  "Javier Bardem: Sinister? Me?". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. October 12, 2012.

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• Mentally, (consistency) is important when you're not used to rugby at that level. Some of the smaller teams in this tournament are staying with the stronger sides for 60 minutes, but not the full 80 because of it.

  Kieran Crowley

  Team, Focus, Consistency

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• Congratulations to the new Wayne State men and women's rugby team for winning their inaugural victories on their very first weekend. I am sure there will plenty more victories for the "Children of the Corn", in the games to come.

  Brian Vizard

  Children, Team, Congratulations

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• I played rugby most of my life and then I switched to snowboarding, which provided me a lot of inspiration.

  Charlie Bewley

  Inspiration, Snowboarding, Playing Rugby

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• A few weeks later, I’m in a fluorescent-lit classroom in Chelsea awaiting the start of the official Mensa test. I’m sitting next to a guy who’s doing a series of elaborate neck stretches, like we’re about to engage in a vigorous rugby match. He’s neatly laid out four types of gum on his Formica desk: Juicy Fruit, Wrigley Spearmint, Big Red, and Eclipse. I hate this guy. I hope to God he’s not a genius.

  A. J. Jacobs

  Hate, Guy, Genius

  A. J. Jacobs (2004). “The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

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• About my boss, Tyler tells me, if I'm really angry, I should go to the post office and fill out a change-of-address card and have all his mail forwarded to Rugby, North Dakota.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Office, Boss, Cards

  Chuck Palahniuk (2005). “Fight Club: A Novel”, p.68, W. W. Norton & Company

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• 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.

  Melina Marchetta

  Girl, Senior, Sports

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.54, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body.

  Winston Bennett

  Funny, Sports, Stupid

  Winston Bennett (2011). “Fight for Your Life: From Tragedy to Triumph”, p.127, Tate Publishing

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