Quotes by Jonny Wilkinson - Page 1

I don't like kicking the ball a lot.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Balls
Kicking
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I wouldn't go in a fast food outlet even to use the toilet.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Food
Toilets
Use
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Those Aussie rugby fans are a bunch of sore losers. I hate 'em all.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Fans
Hate
Sore Losers
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I play with a fear of letting people down. That's what motivates me.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Fear Me People
Down
Letting
Motivates
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I play with a fear of letting my team down. That's what motivates me.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Sports
Motivational Sports
Team
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I want to be more than just some guy who played in a World Cup final.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Finals
Guy
World
World Cup
World More Who
Cup
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I'm pretty aware that the pursuit of perfection is, inherently, a flawed concept.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Flawed
Perfection
Pursuit
Aware
Concept
Inherently
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Due to a life of training and playing, I seem to spend half my time in the shower.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Half
Showers
Training
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We need to ask ourselves what are we here for and what have we worked so hard to be here for.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Asks
Hard
Needs
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What I am proud of is I have searched for the best of me and I have been a team man without fail.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Men
Proud
Team
Best Man Me
Fail
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Playing the game, representing the team, giving my all and never letting go has meant everything to me.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Games
Giving
Letting Go
Representing
Team
Meant
Game Me Never
Letting
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I only get the points because I have team-mates who do the work and put me in the position to get them.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Mates
Position
Team
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The conversation topic in my head is not what role I should play; it is whether I am going to play at all.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Conversation
Play
Roles
Topics
Topic
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I do, have done and always will believe that I am very capable of performing and thriving at any level of the sport.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Sports
Believe
Capable
Done
Performing
Believe I Am Will
Thriving
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I'm very happy to be back playing rugby for England again - there were times when I questioned if this would happen.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
England
Rugby
Very Happy
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I'm not necessarily proud of the World Cups and the grand slams won or lost, the amount of points I scored, this record or that.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Cups
Proud
Records
World
Grand
Grand Slams
World Cups
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The problem with me is I always think I should've done better. I felt that after the World Cup final and through my whole career.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Careers
Done
Thinking
World Cup
World Me Better
Better Always Done
Cup
The Problem With
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Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldnt bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Games
People
Perfect
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Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldn't bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
World Cup
World Game People
Bear
Cup
Letting
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I like to think I play rugby as it should be played - there are no yellow or red cards in my collection - but I cannot say I'm an angel.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Inspirational
Angel
Cards
Red
Rugby
Thinking
Yellow
Collection
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I refuse to go into a fast-food outlet - to use the toilet even - in case anyone got the wrong idea and thought I was sneaking in a quick burger.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Burgers
Ideas
Refuse
Use
Burger
Case
Toilet
Outlet
Quick
Sneaking
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My own position is so far on the obsessive side of preparation and professionalism that I fear my point of view is not going to be shared by anyone.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Obsessive
Point Of View
Preparation
Professionalism
Sides
Views
Shared
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When you're obsessive, like me, searching for something unattainable can become unhealthy... it's like falling through the air and grabbing at the clouds.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Air
Clouds
Grabbing
Obsessive
Unattainable
Unhealthy
Through
Falling
Searching
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When you're obsessive, like me, searching for something unattainable can become unhealthy ... it's like falling through the air and grabbing at the clouds.
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Air
Clouds
Fall
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To make this announcement fills me with great sadness, but I know I have been blessed in so many ways to have experienced what I have with the England rugby team.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Blessed
England
Rugby
Sadness
Team
Great Me Know
Announcement
Experienced
Fills
Ways
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I know that Martin Johnson [the England coach] was in the stands, but I didn't feel it was up to me to impress them. He and his assistant [Brian Smith] were here to support me.
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Assistants
England
Support
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For me now, I will continue to focus ever harder on my goal of being the very best I can be with Toulon Rugby Club and continue to embrace and enjoy wherever that path takes me.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Clubs
Embrace
Focus
Goal
Harder
Path
Rugby
Best Focus Me
Club
Wherever
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I never ever believed that I would be able to give up on this dream which has driven me to live, breathe, love and embrace the game of rugby from the earliest days that I can remember.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Breathe
Driven
Embrace
Rugby
Love Me Game
Believed
Love Game Me
Earliest
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I have no intention of letting this decision change the way that I approach my training and preparation for games, but the time has come for me to realise that I have gone as far as I can go with this England team.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Approach
England
Intention
Preparation
As Far As
Change Time Decision
Letting
No Intention
Realise
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To say I have played through four World Cups, two Lions tours, 91 international games and a ridiculous number of injuries and other setbacks gives me an incredibly special feeling of fulfilment. I know myself well enough to know that I will never truly be satisfied.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Cups
Fulfilment
Games
International
Lions
Numbers
Satisfied
Two
Myself World Me
Tours
Incredibly
Injuries
Setbacks
Well Enough
World Cups
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I would like to wish the England squad every success. I would also very much like to extend those wishes to Martin Johnson, Brian Smith, Mike Ford, John Wells, Graham Rowntree and the rest of the England 2011 World Cup management team who have been fantastic and deserve people to know that.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Brian
Deserve
England
Fantastic
Management
Mike
People
Squad
Team
World Cup
Success World People
Cup
Extend
Ford
Graham
John
Management Team
Smith
Wishes
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Failing at something is one thing, but Buddhism tells us that it is up to us how we interpret that failure [Buddhism] a philosophy and way of life that resonates with me I identify with it. I agree with so much of the sentiment behind it. I enjoy the liberating effect it's had on me to get back into the game Buddhism, with its concepts of karma and rebirth, have freed me from the twin fears of death and life without rugby, like life, will also come to an end.
Jonny Wilkinson / Rugby Player
Karma
Buddhism
Games
Philosophy
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