"I feel that if I am busting my arse, if I am stretching at night, if I am working hard in the gym, if I am doing all of my extras out on the field, if I am the first one there and the last to leave or whatever, and if I am giving my all every game, then I deserve to be the man I want to be rather than the man other people want me to be."
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Williams on the controversial nature of his flitting between football codes. Sonny Bill Williams regrets nothing, by Brad Walter, Sydney Morning Herald, dated 29 November 2013.
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