Quotes from Sonny Bill Williams


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    I didn't feel that I really fit in anywhere. So when I was young I always had to prove myself through my sporting ability.

    Sports | Ability | Prove


    When I first went to rugby, I wanted it all; I just wanted it all, and you know, I thought it was just going to happen just like that, but I've come to learn that good things take time.

    Time | Good | Learn


    I have just fallen back in love with rugby league again.

    Love | Rugby | Again


    I had to work on the fundamentals of the game because in league, the position I played, it was just bash and crash.

    Work | Game | Position


    I guess you could say I have grown up, matured. I have seen a lot, and I guess that probably sums it up.

    Seen | Guess | Sums


    I guess I've always had a - not really thought of myself as this big star, big identity in the game.

    Identity | Game | Star


    I grew up as a Polynesian kid in the Polynesian community, and I was this skinny white kid.

    Community | White | Skinny


    I don't want to let my family down; I don't want to let myself down. That's probably the biggest thing I fear.

    Family | Fear | Biggest


    I don't need a pool room with medals and everything hanging up.

    Hanging | Pool | Medals


    I don't know if I'm going to be any good at sevens.

    Good


    I don't have the runs on the board to trash talk anyone in the boxing sense. I've got to do it the hard way and earn that respect.

    Respect | Boxing | Talk


    After that first month in Sydney, I went home for two weeks. I didn't want to ever go back because it was so hard.

    Home | Month | Sydney


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

    Rugby | Top | Level


    I am my own man now; I can think for myself, whereas when I was 20, 21, I always wanted to please others.

    Others | Please | Whereas


    Going back in time, the best sportsmen ever have been Olympians.

    Best | Time | Olympians


    Every time you step out on that field, it's tough. There is no easy way to approach it and no short cuts out there.

    Time | Step | Short


    Every rugby player in Australia and New Zealand or wherever they are from wants to play in the World Cup, and I am no different.

    Rugby | Australia | Zealand


    By the end of my first year at the Dogs, we'd won the competition, and I'd played some pretty good footy.

    Good | Year | Dogs


    Boxing's not in my blood... it just grew on me.

    Boxing | Blood | Grew


    As a rugby player, you strive to be an All Black, win a World Cup, and win a Super Rugby title.

    Black | Win | Rugby


       

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