Rob Burrow Quotes

Rob Burrow

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 26, 1982

My mind is so positive.

Rob Burrow

Nobody can ever prepare you for being told you've got something where there's no cure.

Rob Burrow

There is no evidence that anything causes MND. I think I was so unlucky that I got the disease.

Rob Burrow

I'd like my kids to do whatever sports they desire.

Rob Burrow

Snooker's just a hobby of mine, something I do to keep myself occupied in the afternoons.

Rob Burrow

You can train as good as you want and look brilliant, but you need to play.

Rob Burrow

I have always been a positive person.

Rob Burrow

I was just very fortunate to be part of that Golden Generation at Leeds and I was proud to be part of a special group of players who achieved our childhood dreams together. Those memories with my mates is what I treasure the most.

Rob Burrow

When people want to help you, and you can't repay them. Very humbling, overwhelming, forever grateful, I can't thank them enough.

Rob Burrow

The hardest thing for me is not being able to be the dad I want to be.

Rob Burrow

I'm a prisoner in my own body, that's the way MND gets you, the lights are on, but no one's home.

Rob Burrow

I don't think you ever know your inner strength until you get told you are dying.

Rob Burrow

I first met Doddie in a hotel in Carlisle less than two weeks after my diagnosis and I can honestly say he changed my life. His positive outlook and attitude was central to how I decided I was going to take on my own challenge with MND.

Rob Burrow

I'm reluctant to get anything before I need it because once you're reliant, there is no turning back. If for example I got a stairlift, I would stop getting up the stairs with my wife's help.

Rob Burrow

The stuff Lindsey does for me shows her true love. I hope she knows I'd do the same for her - even if I'd do a much worse job.

Rob Burrow

When I see rugby league being played, I do think, 'How could I have done that for so long especially in my current situation?' I forgot what it is like to be mobile, despite that being the best facet of my game.

Rob Burrow

There are so many kind people and I have a great deal of love for them, it took me to get MND to see just how many wonderful people there are and how much people care.

Rob Burrow

I had no idea how my family would react the more was taken away from me. It seems as though they've become a beacon of hope for families in the same situation as us.

Rob Burrow

I think with the advances medically in sport and how they're governed, players are looked after better than they have ever been.

Rob Burrow

I've been using proluekin in the form of IL-2.

Rob Burrow