People complain professional sportsmen are locked away but when they get out and enjoy themselves, people have a go.
Authentic gospel preaching always engages people with eternal issues.
You have perspective when little people come into your life. You take the best things you have and let them overshadow your disappointment.
The conversation topic in my head is not what role I should play; it is whether I am going to play at all.
I'm not necessarily proud of the World Cups and the grand slams won or lost, the amount of points I scored, this record or that.
Jonah Peretti is one of the smartest web publishers out there. And Buzzfeed is an aggressive and dynamic company.
These actors like Danny McBride and Jonah Hill are so good at improvising, and when they do it, it's this fun moment for the audience. It makes them feel like they're watching something fresh and new.
It's never nice to lose someone close to you; unfortunately, life goes on, and we have to make peace with it and move on.
One thing I learnt early on my career is that personal gratification takes second place.
I like to think I play rugby as it should be played - there are no yellow or red cards in my collection - but I cannot say I'm an angel.
Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldn't bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down.
When you're obsessive, like me, searching for something unattainable can become unhealthy... it's like falling through the air and grabbing at the clouds.
Playing the game, representing the team, giving my all and never letting go has meant everything to me.
The Bible is full of dubious scientific impossibilities, from Jonah living inside a whale, to the sun standing still in the sky for Joshua.
The most important aspect of leading is knowing oneself. Know yourself, know the people around you, and then get on with it.
I think the most important thing in life is your health. If you haven't got your health, you haven't got anything.
For me, it took five years to understand what professionalism meant. But I'm more settled now. I'm married, life changes, and I've been lucky in managing my injuries.
I used to love looking at a recipe, getting all the bits and pieces in the shops, getting them ready and prepared... I don't really have the time to do that anymore.
As soon as you have an average game, everyone is quick to criticise and say, 'You suck; you shouldn't be playing rugby.'
Like Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast.
I have ambitions to set records which will be hard to chase down, like getting more than 100 caps for Ireland.
