The World Motivation
Ultimately, as players, we are inside the tent, and we have got to deal with what happens between the white lines.
“Ultimately, as players, we are inside the tent, and we have got to deal with what happens between the white lines.”
— Alun Wyn Jones · Tent
Ultimately, as players, we are inside the tent, and we have got to deal with what happens between the white lines.
Players want to play a lot of rugby. We're walking contradictions at times in that we want to play a lot of rugby, but we don't want to play too much rugby, and we want to be available for all the big games, yet there are times when you have to sacrifice that because of game limits.
As you get older, you realise you can't worry about mistakes; you just worry about playing, and I've been doing that.
Going out there as a forward can shorten your career somewhat, whereas if you go out as a back, you will be OK.
There are real people on the pitch. We're not commodities. Well, maybe we are to some degree, but it's the team which creates business. Some people don't appreciate that.