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Every sport has helped me excel in another. Boxing has given me the mental strength to know that I can face anything on the field, without a doubt.

— Sonny Bill Williams

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Source: Williams on the effect rugby league, rugby union and boxing have had on his sporting career. Sonny Bill Williams: Islam brings me happiness, by Gary Morley and Neil Curry, CNN, dated 27 November 2013.
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I feel that if I am busting my arse, if I am stretching at night, if I am working hard in the gym, if I am doing all of my extras out on the field, if I am the first one there and the last to leave or whatever, and if I am giving my all every game, then I deserve to be the man I want to be rather than the man other people want me to be.

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I try not to read too much in the media because they're either gonna put you on a pedestal too high or underplay you.

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When I finish my sporting career it's not about what I've done, or being remembered as a legend. For me it's just about being the best father, husband and man I can be.

In 20 years time, I want to say 'didn't I have a go when I was in my prime', and I went back to play rugby league, tried to make the Rugby World Cup, tried to make the Olympics or tried to win the World Cup with the Kiwis.

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