Rugby Quotes

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My brother is two years older than me and he was brilliant at everything, it seemed. He was captain of the cricket and rugby teams. We had this rather archaic system of head boys and prefects at my school. I was in my fourth year - in Scotland we finish school in our sixth year - and my brother had become head boy and brilliant at everything: academia, sports. In fact, all the things I wasn`t good at. Then he left and I couldn`t get my head round anything, so I became depressed and got in trouble a lot. I remember my mother driving me one night through heavy rain, with the windscreen wipers going. It was the first half term of my fifth year and she said that she`d spoken to my dad and that I could leave school if I wanted to. I`d only assumed that I`d have to stick it out until I was 18, but here I was being offered the chance to leave at 16. My whole world opened up. I couldn`t believe it. And I was out, as soon as she said those words.

- Ewan McGregor

(On his role in The Last King of Scotland (2006)) "It was an experience that changed my life and my thoughts. I went there with the purpose of understanding what it was like to be Ugandan, and I wanted to understand the food, the life, the way they deal with children and wives and with authority figures. I sat with Idi Amin`s brother underneath a big mango tree and he told me stories about what Idi was like and how he used to come to town and pull together soccer or rugby games. It all helped me with figuring out the way he behaved and the way he thought, so that 24 hours a day, even in my dreams, I was totally consumed by the character of Idi Amin. It wasn`t until the movie was over that I decided I could let go of the character, so the first thing I did was take a shower because I figured I could wash him off by scrubbing myself. I was in a room by myself, so I started yelling to get his voice out of me and get my own voice back."

- Forest Whitaker

The idea that we are lighting cigars with ?20 notes while the rest of Scottish rugby flounders is absolutely untrue.

- Matt Williams

Gavin is a massive personality in rugby circles. He has to be whiter than white to prevent the sort of outcry we are seeing now.

- Robert Jones

I bluster my way through, and I sing rather like a rugby forward. Tommy (1975) is an amazing visual film and the music is astonishing. I think for anyone to translate The Who`s music in terms of images, it must be somebody like (Ken Russell)--or a lunatic!

- Oliver Reed

Mike is an instinctive rugby player and deceptively quick, that makes him hard to get to sometimes.

- Scott Johnson

Nothing has changed in our approach. We need to go out there and do what we do best, better than we have been doing it. We have one of the best teams in world rugby coming to our shores. They have some great players, and we have a huge regard for French rugby and their style of play. They will be formidable opponents, and with the championship at stake, they will be making sure they go home with a victory.

- Scott Johnson

(on cast camraderie during shooting "The Lord of the Rings":) "There was a lot of pranking, but that was more Dom (Dominic Monaghan) and Viggo (Viggo Mortensen). With Viggo, they were normally quite violent, aggressive ones. You would see Sean Bean walking across to his caravan, and then see this figure of Viggo running across the plains and rugby tackling him. Dom and Viggo were attacking each other`s trailers for quite a while, redecorating inside and out with whatever they got their hands on. It was a very happy set, a very constructive set." (December 14, 2003)

- Billy Boyd

It`s a really exciting time to be involved in Welsh rugby.

- Jonah Lomu

I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run, and I won these by a considerable margin.

- Roger Bannister

The Sevens had a really big impact on my game in terms of skills and fitness levels, there is just no place to hide and it`s a real test of your rugby ability.

- Kelly Brown

A major rugby tour by the British Isles to New Zealand is a cross between a medieval crusade and a prep school outing.

- John Hopkins

The current crop of England players has yet to make any waves in international rugby,

- Mark Evans

Rugby didn`t start planning early enough and cricket needs to learn from that,

- David Davies

Not at all. We`re in love. So nothing matters, not even a game of rugby.

- Craig Davis

Winning the grass roots approval of rugby league fans is just as rewarding as receiving accolades from the experts,

- Andrew Johns

(45th over: England 171-5 (Pietersen 76, Collingwood 2) Lee is bowling seriously quickly - consistently around 95mph - and looks to have trapped Collingwood lbw. Only for Bowden to rule, wrongly, that Lee had no balled. Oh dear oh dear, Bowden is having a shocker. Collingwood dabs a single, and then Pietersen twice thumps Lee straight down the ground. Incredible cricket!) I`ve put £100 on Australia to win in the same way I did for the Rugby World Cup final, ... It matters so much that we win that I want some financial compensation to drown my sorrows if we lose. Anyone else have some better ways of reducing the pain of such sporting events?

- James Peterson

This man was one of the great superstars of world rugby and has consistently played at such a high level.

- Gareth Edwards

Once the rugby league finished, those that actually like the oval sports, the rugby league and the AFL, swapped from Channel Nine to Ten, so there was some very heartening figures there for AFL in Sydney, particularly in the last hour of football.

- Eddie McGuire

Rugby is the smallest PCT in the whole of the country... our council should be fighting hard to retain it.

- Alan Webb

Midshipmen and cadets remain stronger and more aggressive than their male counterparts at civilian schools. They eagerly play sports such as rugby, boxing, karate, lacrosse, and football. They drive fast cars, usually sports cars. They play hard. They drink hard. They are physical, often abusive among each other. They are not trying to prove their manhood: they are celebrating their masculinity. They are competitive, often vulgar, and tough, and every citizen who may someday send a friend or relative into war should rejoice, because combat is competitive, vulgar, and tough, and they will be leading men in combat.

- James Webb

After talking to my family and friends and after a lot of thought, I have decided to retire from international rugby with immediate effect,

- Martin Johnson

The advantage law is the best law in rugby, because it lets you ignore all the others for the good of the game.

- Angela Mack

The Worcester coach called in Pat and told him to take a look at this gobby bugger he`d be playing against, ... Needed taking down a peg or two. It was me. I`ve got rugby Tourette`s syndrome, can`t stop shouting. All that pent up adrenalin. I`ve only played against Pat once, when he was at Harlequins and me at Sale.

- Anna Hadingham

It is a big city with a strong rugby following, as we saw in May at Pittodrie,

- Annabelle Arki

(76th over: England 292-5 (Flintoff 44, G Jones 13) More good stuff from Flintoff, who rocks back before cracking Warne through the covers for another boundary.) England should change their name to Great Britain, if only to help Welshmen like me have easier lives, ... It`s so tedious explaining to work colleagues how I can support `England` in cricket and England`s opposition in rugby and football.

- Anthony Bracco

The idea of the scheme has been to introduce youngsters to the game of rugby and then keep them in the sport through club links. By doing this, we are providing the youngsters with an excellent route into rugby, which will hopefully encourage them to keep playing the game.

- Anthony Butler

The pub is as much a part of rugby as is the playing field.

- Art Linares

England were the perfect model of a rugby team during that time, ... They were accused of being stodgy but in fact they could play any style of game and they would only take out on to the field whatever game they needed on the day.

- Art Macias

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

- Arthur Hinojosa

New Zealand are the best team in the world - the execution and accuracy of their skills were a lesson in modern rugby.

- Arthur Hinojosa

Scott has told us to worry about the rugby and our own games, and Scott is going to have to make the decision he needs to make.

- Barbara Coleman

The word from talking to the officials and other people (at the game) is that it was grabbing and a couple of shoves, kind of like a rugby scuffle.

- Barbara Henderson

It`s certainly the closest rugby league competition I have ever seen, from first to last - it`s been amazing,

- Barbara Jacobs