100 Quotes by 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.

My favourite Heineken Cup memory as a player was undoubtedly sharing in Wasps' final triumph in 2007.

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

If you want to build a larger physique that actually makes you look like you lift, you need to train your shoulders, back, triceps, glutes, and legs more frequently. You probably also need to suck it up and train them harder than you ever have before if you want them to grow.

It's important as a team that you don't get too excited with a win and you don't get too disappointed with a loss. You have to stay very steady, very focused on that middle ground.

I don't want to become a player who spends half his time running round after the breakdown, because that won't get the best out of me.

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

I love Twickenham. It's the best place on earth to go, even when it's empty.

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