You have perspective when little people come into your life. You take the best things you have and let them overshadow your disappointment.

Your name or what you've done on the rugby pitch is not going to carry you through for the rest of your life. I realise I'm going to have to eventually do something else, and that does frighten me a little bit.

Rugby gave me a confidence. I was quite shy and relatively timid, but it gave me the confidence to be a little bit more out-going and back myself a bit more.

Practise things you're good at. Keep on top of things you're not so good at, but be world-class at your best. Never think, 'I'm very good at this and that, I can leave those for a bit.'

People should be a little loony, Helena. That's the best thing about them.

There are very little things in this life I cannot afford and patience is one of them.