Alun Wyn Jones Quotes

Alun Wyn Jones

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 19, 1985

It is easy to overthink things, and I am good at that.

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I've got it all: I'm good-looking, I'm educated, I can sing, and I can play rugby. Ridiculous, isn't it?

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I always want to be first.

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Whatever you do, whether you're a journalist or a player, you want to see what you can do - that's why you're doing it.

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I know part of me is going to die when I stop playing rugby.

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I'd love to feature for the Barbarians. I'd love to win a Champions Cup, and I'd love to get to another World Cup and make a fist of it: get to a World Cup final at least and see what could have been, particularly after 2011 when Wales reached the semi-finals.

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You can only use what God gave you.

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There is ways and means to vent, and sometimes they can be the wrong ways.

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The higher up the rugby ladder you go, the differences between winning and losing games get smaller and smaller.

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As you get older, you realise you can't worry about mistakes; you just worry about playing, and I've been doing that.

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I'm thankful for the collaboration between the WRU and Ospreys, which will look after my best interests and enables me to play the best rugby possible.

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To a point, family does that and a couple of life experiences both positive and negative that have definitely altered my perception on rugby. Whereas my first 28-29 years, rugby was the entire focus, which was not that healthy, now you realise what is really important.

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You cannot expect teams to be up for a final every Saturday, but you have to in the Six Nations, and that is the difficulty we have.

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We've got a great team sport, but we harp on about individuals. It's a bit contradictory.

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Without being too profound, I never dreamt of getting 100 caps for Wales.

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My wife says to me, 'You have achieved a lot'... yeah, I do know. But... there are a couple of things I haven't.

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It really gets my back up when people start using business phrases - 'sustainability,' 'the brand,' etc. - about rugby.

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Welsh rugby has done its dirty washing in public. It's nothing new. We're a tribal bunch. If warring parties want to sway public opinion, they do it in the public arena.

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If you had a global calendar, then you would have less games; you create more intrigue, create supply and demand with regards to the sport, and that will heighten the intrigue with regards to the Lions. Create more mystique not only at international level but at club level as well.

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A bugbear of mine is bragging rights in regional derbies: it would be a lot more worth to the regional game if we did something special in European rugby.

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