Jonah Lomu Quotes & Sayings

“Looking back, my whole life seems so surreal. I didn't just turn up on the doorstep playing rugby; I had to go through a whole lot of things to get there.”

“It's a really exciting time to be involved in Welsh rugby.”

“It annoys me when people who don't know what they're talking about boo the referee.”

“It's been a long road back to health and fitness for me. I am just glad to have been given the opportunity to do what I love most.”

“I have a stab wound on my left hip and one on my thigh and a slash mark across my right calf. I have a bottle stab wound on my left calf.”

“The biggest thing for me is just to get out on that field. Just to do that will be incredible.”

“I was on dialysis for 18 months before the transplant, so it was important I tried to look ahead to days like my comeback this Saturday. You need those big goals to drive you on.”

“For me to get through the toughest periods in my life, I had to look within to find the energy to do it. I don't give up. Never have. Never will.”

“It was like falling off a building and suddenly, bang, you hit the bottom. The first time it happened was on an ordinary day at home. I was taking down some curtains. I took one step, turned around, took another step and then I fell and hit my head hard on the rowing machine.”

“It was in 2003 that I realised there was no choice but to have dialysis treatment - by the time of the World Cup that year, I could barely walk. A year later, I finally had a kidney transplant.”