James Haskell Quotes

James Haskell

Profession : Athlete

Birth : April 2, 1985

I do not want to gain a reputation for lacking discipline because I always look to play within the laws.

James Haskell

All players want nice things to be said and written about them and you have to take the reverse in equal measure.

James Haskell

International rugby is an unforgiving arena.

James Haskell

As a schoolboy I can recall playing three games a week and not even feeling it.

James Haskell

As a player you have to look after your body because no one else will. I'd rather be proactive than kowtow to everyone and be injured all the time.

James Haskell

Matches aren't won on the training field and there is no point flogging experienced campaigners unnecessarily.

James Haskell

The bottom line is that players have to be responsible for getting themselves in the right frame of mind.

James Haskell

To stay at the elite end of professional sport you need to show an awful lot of dedication.

James Haskell

I've lost count of the times I've been asked what I do for a living. When I say rugby people say: 'Yes, but what's your other job?'

James Haskell

As soon as you're put on a pedestal, you're easily knocked off it.

James Haskell

I think as a professional sportsman you're aware that your time is limited.

James Haskell

A lot of people make the error of thinking rugby is going to last forever and they need to quickly discover that that isn't the case.

James Haskell

When I was about 15, I learnt that training hard doesn't get easier, you just learn to push harder. That's a powerful mentality to master.

James Haskell

When I started my professional rugby career, in 2002, there was one guy filming training if you were lucky.

James Haskell

We owe it to players, young and old, to train them thoroughly so that they can take full advantage of the insights that tech offers them. And what is true in sport also applies more widely to business.

James Haskell

We can't have tech just for the sake of it. To maximise the potential of technology solutions you have to understand how to use them.

James Haskell

I think 5G is going to make a dramatic difference in sport and beyond.

James Haskell

In rugby I think it is good to have a bit of a persona, a bit of a character because we are one of the last things that isn't necessarily controlled.

James Haskell

It was so important to have stuff outside of rugby so you have a life balance. I took a lot of criticism for that earlier in my career and thank God I ignored what everyone else said and did what I was always going to do.

James Haskell

When I am doing something I give it 100 per cent. I work on it, do it and go onto the next thing.

James Haskell