James Haskell Quotes

James Haskell

Profession : Athlete

Birth : April 2, 1985

I was diagnosed with ADD when I was 14. Weirdly enough, I then learnt, through doing different things, to concentrate.

James Haskell

My first memory is being taken for Indian food at the Cookham Tandoori on the High Street - I remember the poppadoms, the onions, the chicken tikka.

James Haskell

Unfortunately, there tends to be an easy way of doing things in life and the Haskell way. As a 12-year-old I knocked my front teeth out while chasing a friend in the rain. I'm the type who offers to serve wine at drinks parties and accidentally pours it down one of the guests.

James Haskell

My best games for England were under Eddie Jones. Eddie got the best out of me. He understood that I needed an arm around me, needed my tyres pumped up.

James Haskell

If anyone out there is mildly curious about rugby, I'd recommend a weekend spent watching the Six Nations. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

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In reality, rugby is finite and unpredictable, so players need to have skills off the pitch too.

James Haskell

I'm a white middle-class public schoolboy so I'm not particularly tough. But it turns out I don't mind going in the cage. I can dig in. And it's interesting watching people spar and train. There's no anger. It's all technique and delivered with venom.

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There's only one Lawrence Dallaglio and there's only one James Haskell.

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It must be very daunting being an individual sportsman.

James Haskell

When I left rugby and bought my first commercial gym membership it was a shock to the system. I went in there and saw people training and thought 'I've got to get out of here and get in a proper gym.'

James Haskell

It is difficult for people across the world to be comfortable with their sexuality. We need more education and awareness.

James Haskell

Statistically, there have to be more gay men in rugby than we know about and I would hate for them to be going home from training and feeling depressed or feeling like they need to live a lie.

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I love deejaying and got the opportunity to do a music production course online and loved it, but I am about as musically talented as a house brick.

James Haskell

Someone once told me I looked like Mr Incredible out of 'The Incredibles.'

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I've got a 20 inch neck, a narrow waist and big bulging thighs so stuff off the rack doesn't fit. It's a nightmare to shop for shirts and trousers that are going to fit, because they'll be tight in one place and all baggy everywhere else.

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You just shouldn't be spending your summer watching TV.

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I want to do presenting, I love DJing, I love writing but none of it's a guaranteed job so it's still very scary.

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A lot of sportsmen get depression, all sorts of mental health issues. A lot of people retire and you don't hear from them, but I don't want to do that.

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I was always on to the next thing. I didn't celebrate all the little moments in my career that I should have done, I always focused on what was next, how could I do better.

James Haskell

As a rugby player I got into the habit of tackling without thinking. But in MMA you've got to land the right way. You can't flop. You've got to bounce back to your feet. You've got to use your sprawl.

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