Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Owen Farrell
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English athlete Owen Farrell.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
I'm competitive, I'll look to do my job on the field, and that's all that matters.
I'm not trying to be anyone else.
It's not just that the lows make the highs more meaningful. They actually help you figure stuff out. You have to work out where you went wrong and what you need to do to get better.
I love playing at Twickenham.
I've always been comfortable speaking, especially on the field. Probably not as much off the field.
When you're relaxed, you are more decisive.
When I was a bit younger, I made too much of trying to stick up for myself. But I don't need to prove that I'm not soft or too young any more.
You don't go into a game thinking, 'I'm not confident.' You always think you're going to win.
I've proved what I can do in bits, but I need to get better at everything.
You always look at a game and see what you can take out of it to help you go to the next level.
One-on-one, you have to be able to put your head down and get stuck in.
Confidence can be elusive because you don't know you've lost it. It's not something you can put your finger on.
I am very cautious, and there are not too many decisions I've not discussed with my parents, whether that be about my career or away from the field.
You review a game. You don't brush over anything you did well and look at anything you could improve. There's stuff to get better at, it's not hard to find.
It's irrelevant whether it's a big match or not. It's about focusing on your job at the time. You're still trying to do things as well as you can.
The main thing about being captain is keeping your own performance good, and then everything else should fall into place off the back of that.
I don't have too many gadgets in the house. I do like playing computer games every now and again, though.
I like watching any good players.
I was always watching Dad lift trophies. That made me want to do what he does.
I'd say I am a fly half. As regards being 12 for England, I've not tried to play any different. I guess I've been like another 10. Obviously, you do some things differently, and you might not have your hands on the ball as much - but you're still in the game and constantly communicating.
Not everyone plays their best game every week.
You always think you're ready earlier than you are.
I've got a lot better at dropping emotions if something goes wrong, or right.
Big games are usually about doing the simple things well - not trying to pull a rabbit out of a hat.
The best way to stay cool is to stay focused - you have to focus on your job. As soon as you take your eye off that, you will slip up, so you have got to have everything 100 per cent on what is in front of you.
If you're not striving to improve, you'll end up going backwards.
I've just been trying to improve - it's a not a deliberate thing to focus on one thing.
I'm no good at sitting on a beach and doing nothing.
You cannot focus on things that are so far in the future when you've got things that you can't take your eye off now.
I've always had a rugby ball in my hand, so it was inevitable I was going to play.
It's obviously a massive honour to captain your country.
You can never be too skilful.
I would never think of myself as a celebrity.
Other players do not rib me for being the coach's son. They rib me more for living at home with my mum and dad.
There's always things to get better at, and there's always stuff to learn when you come into training.
Sometimes you get put into difficult situations where both players are trying to go forward, and it's tough to be able to be as clean as you'd like to be.
Everyone has changed, haven't they? Everyone tries to get better; everyone tries to grow.
You can become obsessive, but you enjoy it - that's what you like doing. It is just how I am. I don't try my hardest to be like this.
Obviously, international rugby is a different level, but there are some really good players around.
You have to be a voice; you have to be able to speak up.
The start of the game is a bit of a tone-setter for what's to come, but that's not always the case.
I'm my own person, and I don't expect anything from anyone.
I'm well aware of the rules, and I don't want to play to the edge of them.
The key to success is hard work. You want to feel as comfortable as you can going into the game, and you do that by preparing well.
It's always a balance... being clear-headed but being aggressive and as combative as you need to be.
Rugby is a game that's constant. If you are not growing with it, you get left behind.
Your focus has to switch to being as good as you can be for your club.
I think I'm more of a saver than a spender - more because I just like being at home.
I guess I've never really wanted to be anything else. I've never even thought about having another job.
The main thing is I've tried to get better at everything - that includes the attacking side, being a threat, and taking people on.
People can say what they want. It is the people inside the camp who count to me. The people around me.
If I was to sit there and think about anything, it would be, 'What can you look forward to, what can you put your time into, and what can help you grow up?'
Communicating and being loud is a big part of my game.
It doesn't bother me whether I am or I'm not compared to my dad. I do not feel any pressure at all from being his son.
You can't be asking people to do things you're not willing to do yourself.
A change of environment is pretty refreshing.
Obviously every team is different, and you don't want to try and be them.
I don't think anybody goes onto the pitch and wants to go backwards.
You can either let the pressure get to you or let it help it make you better.
Being really competitive, you're hard on yourself when you make a mistake, but then you've got to push on.
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