Alun Wyn Jones Quotes

Alun Wyn Jones

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 19, 1985

If I talk to a young player, I always tell them never try too hard.

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When I retire, my CV might have a few holes, things I haven't achieved that I would have felt I needed to do, but I won't know if I did need to do them until I retire.

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Ultimately, rugby players are like surfers. You look for the perfect wave, but you don't always find it. And if you did, you'd probably pack up and try something else.

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Every cap is my first, and every one is my last... that's the way I look at it.

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Things come and go - there's win, losses, and injuries, but you get back on the horse - but I appreciate what I've done more.

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Before I was 'the captain' with the label - because essentially, that's all it is - I was a player, and before that, I was a fan of the game, fan of the team.

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You do not have time in international rugby to stop and think, 'This is tough.' It's more a case of, 'Let's crack on.' Where's your next job? Fill a hole for someone who has just made a tackle?

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You have to be competitive in the job I am in.

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Going out there as a forward can shorten your career somewhat, whereas if you go out as a back, you will be OK.

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As I grow older, I like to think I'm getting a little bit more mature.

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That's the great thing about this sport: it's always different.

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I don't compare myself with anyone.

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I've got a family now, which matures you.

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You know when you've had a good game, and you know when you could have done better.

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I got to a stage in my mid-20s where I was focusing on 'what's next, what's next,' and sometimes you don't enjoy what you should.

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I was watching the Five Nations as a kid, I'm very fortunate to have been able to pull the red jersey on a few times, and now I'm able to assist the team, assist the young players coming through, and help the guys who do have the ambition to play more for Wales.

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It is very easy to make athletes, and it is very difficult to make rugby players with that rugby instinct. I would like to think I have got a bit of rugby instinct and have become more of a rugby athlete along the way.

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There are always going to be questions asked when there is competition. As long as you can answer those questions, then you are deserving of a place.

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If I make a mistake, I just shrug it off and carry on.

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I've no regrets. I don't think you can afford to.

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