Sonny Bill Williams Quotes

Sonny Bill Williams

Profession : Athlete

Birth : August 3, 1985

My parents were always living from pay cheque to pay cheque. They were always struggling.

Sonny Bill Williams

I thought that if I could play rugby on TV, I'd be able to get my mum a house. That was the driving factor.

Sonny Bill Williams

By the end of my first year at the Dogs, we'd won the competition, and I'd played some pretty good footy.

Sonny Bill Williams

I love winning, and I love the challenge.

Sonny Bill Williams

I really wanted to come into the Olympics.

Sonny Bill Williams

To be part of something special, to be an Olympian and have the chance to win a medal - it's an amazing feeling.

Sonny Bill Williams

I've had an amazing ride. I've been blessed beyond things that I could never have imagined.

Sonny Bill Williams

Every time you step out on that field, it's tough. There is no easy way to approach it and no short cuts out there.

Sonny Bill Williams

The thing I enjoy is that I have come to league as a union player, and I have to adapt to different situations I am facing.

Sonny Bill Williams

Sometimes they are big hurdles, but good players can overcome them. I am trying to do my best.

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I like the challenge, week in, week out, of trying to play good, consistent footy.

Sonny Bill Williams

To be an Olympian - not many people can say that. But first of all, I've got to make the team, and I know a lot of hard work is going to go into it, so hopefully it pays off.

Sonny Bill Williams

We're so lucky where we live, but we're so out of touch. Everyone's mindset is made to feel that refugees are a problem, but it's more than that. They're human beings, too. They were forced from their homes.

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People have goodness in their hearts.

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I rock up to training, and Folkesy, Steve Folkes - someone that, to be honest, has never paid any interest in my personal life - he comes up to me and starts saying, 'You're not turning Muslim are you?'

Sonny Bill Williams

If we're going to be getting treated like that, why can't we treat the clubs like that? I just want to see the game and the players looked after the way they should be because the crowds don't turn up to watch David Gallop play... they turn up to watch the players play.

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I have just fallen back in love with rugby league again.

Sonny Bill Williams

The biggest thing for me is earning the respect of my fellow players and coaches. I think that is why I was a little bit emotional. You don't get a haka done to you from the brothers for no reason if they don't respect you.

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All I want is respect.

Sonny Bill Williams

I think the reason I hadn't fought was just the aftermath of the Botha fight. You put so much into a fight, and people just talk about it like it was a bit of a farce or something.

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