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Ashley Johnson Quotes

born 1986 South Africa

Ashley Johnson (born 16 May 1986) is a professional rugby union player-coach who plays and coaches for Birmingham Moseley in National League 1. He previously played for Free State Cheetahs at provincial level, Cheetahs in Super Rugby, Wasps in Premiership Rugby and the Springboks.

South Africa
Rugby union players

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You can do all these education programmes but as soon as it happens to a teammate or opponent it becomes so much more real.

He got through it by holding his head up high and believing in me and knowing who I am.

Just pulling on the jersey and being in the back on the field was awesome.

The worst part was probably when my kid came home after being bullied at school by kids saying your dad is a drugs cheat

The guys at Wasps tried to keep me positive

As much as it was a character test for me, it was a character test for him and hopefully it will make him stronger so in the future he can deal with challenging situations so much better.

At that point, I didn’t know what was in my body. I could have got it from anywhere.

That hit me the hardest in terms of how he was going to deal with it, but at the same time we didn’t want to remove him from the school.

I had been at the club a long time and the embarrassment that I had caused the club and myself was tough, but the Wasps family was like a rock behind me.

They made sure that I was never alone. Even when there were times when I didn’t really want to go out, the boys dragged me out of the house to go for coffee and keep sane. That was a massive help.

In hindsight now you see loads of gaps in my lifestyle where I could have been more diligent and more careful, If it helps other guys realise how easily it can happen then I will do it.

I think I gave away a penalty from the kick-off, I was so eager just to smash someone,”

Anything that goes into your body is obviously your responsibility but I did not know where it came from or what was in my body. That was my worst fear

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ashley Johnson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.