“I don't want to become a player who spends half his time running round...” — James Haskell Quote

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.

My favourite Heineken Cup memory as a player was undoubtedly sharing in Wasps' final triumph in 2007.

It's one thing to get beaten by a side who are a lot better than you, it's quite another to know you've thrown victory away in a game you should have won.

If you've got aspirations to be tested to the absolute maximum you want to be in the starting line-up.

My best games for England were under Eddie Jones. Eddie got the best out of me. He understood that I needed an arm around me, needed my tyres pumped up.

You can do a lot of breakdown on games you played, but the takeaways from games you've played has to be on what's in front of you.

So worried was I our country was in danger of total breakdown, I felt I had to do something - so instead of shouting at the television every night, I decided to get involved.

Instead of me having a breakdown, I'm focusing on me having a breakthrough.

I had that C.difficile hospital bug that everyone is going on about. It was an experience. There's not much they can do. They just let you get on with it. It's a breakdown of the whole immune system.

We must instil our future leaders with the expertise, knowledge and skills to prevent climate breakdown and restore nature to health.