Team sports are very important for shaping personalities. It's important that kids understand the mentality behind playing team sports and playing for one another and playing with friends.
From Brian O'Driscoll
A physical therapist does some unbelievable stretching with me.
I have always played into the belief that you are only ever borrowing the jersey; you never own the jersey because someone has gone before you and there is going to be someone after you, so it's a case of giving the jersey maximum respect.
Growing up, I supported Manchester United, and my hero was Mark Hughes.
Rugby gave me a confidence. I was quite shy and relatively timid, but it gave me the confidence to be a little bit more out-going and back myself a bit more.
I was a football fan before I became a rugby fan.
You've to celebrate the good days because there are brutal days that make the good ones sweet.
When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.
For me, it took five years to understand what professionalism meant. But I'm more settled now. I'm married, life changes, and I've been lucky in managing my injuries.
When you talk to family and friends, they can't tell you anything from an impartial point of view because they have a vested interest in you.
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