A biography for James Haskellhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I've been written off more times than some of the government's tax returns but I just keep plodding along.”
“I like to think I am honest and open.”
“We can't have tech just for the sake of it. To maximise the potential of technology solutions you have to understand how to use them.”
“Shooting's not actually a bad place to take a girl on a date, unbelievably.”
“As a schoolboy I can recall playing three games a week and not even feeling it.”
“The best players aren't necessarily the biggest.”
“Someone once told me I looked like Mr Incredible out of 'The Incredibles.'”
“I think 5G is going to make a dramatic difference in sport and beyond.”
“I've learned that, bizarrely, I enjoy having a fight. Obviously nobody likes getting hit, but I don't have a problem with it. In MMA you've got to take a few hits to reach the right position.”
“In order to pack on the most amount of muscle from your training, you need to train specifically for hypertrophy.”
“I'm a white middle-class public schoolboy so I'm not particularly tough. But it turns out I don't mind going in the cage. I can dig in. And it's interesting watching people spar and train. There's no anger. It's all technique and delivered with venom.”
“If no one ever made a mistake we'd never get anywhere. One side would keep the ball until half-time and the other team would do the same for the whole of the second half.”
“Frittatas are delicious, convenient, and can even be eaten cold - perfect if you're working against the clock to make your morning meeting.”
“It must be very daunting being an individual sportsman.”
“Good nutrition must be at the core of all that you do training and health wise.”
“I was always on to the next thing. I didn't celebrate all the little moments in my career that I should have done, I always focused on what was next, how could I do better.”
“There's no doubt that 'the plank' is one of the best core exercises on the planet.”
“I'm obsessed by coffee.”
“I wanted to play Super 15. I wanted to develop some maturity, some leadership and to work on my skill set. Also I want to have played all round the world.”