Rugby is a wonderful show: dance, opera and, suddenly, the blood of a killing.

To succeed in rugby, you’ve got to be mad in the head and soft in the heart.

The whole point of rugby is that it is, first and foremost, a state of mind, a spirit.

In rugby, as in life, character is everything.

There is no doubt that rugby is the best thing that ever came out of England.

Playing rugby at school I once fell on a loose ball and, through ignorance of the rules, failed to release it. As a result I spent the whole afternoon at the bottom of a muddy pile of stronger boys. It was character forming.

Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city.

If you can’t take a punch, you should play table tennis.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.