100 Quotes by 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.

Statistically, there have to be more gay men in rugby than we know about and I would hate for them to be going home from training and feeling depressed or feeling like they need to live a lie.

I was diagnosed with ADD when I was 14. Weirdly enough, I then learnt, through doing different things, to concentrate.

I love deejaying and got the opportunity to do a music production course online and loved it, but I am about as musically talented as a house brick.

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

There's only one Lawrence Dallaglio and there's only one James Haskell.

Someone once told me I looked like Mr Incredible out of 'The Incredibles.'

Do I respect my competition? Yeah. Do I always think that I could do a better job? Of course.

I've got a 20 inch neck, a narrow waist and big bulging thighs so stuff off the rack doesn't fit. It's a nightmare to shop for shirts and trousers that are going to fit, because they'll be tight in one place and all baggy everywhere else.