Top 66 Owen Farrell Quotes

I love practising, ever since I was that kid in the field, but I don’t set targets for each session or anything.

It’s always a balance… being clear-headed but being aggressive and as combative as you need to be.

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.

I have some special things at home, but not too many. I’ve got two shirts framed – that’s all – my first Premiership final with Saracens and my first England cap. They’re not signed by anyone; they’re not even washed. They stink!

I’m not trying to be anyone else.

I had to write 1500 words on advertising and marketing at the weekend for my business management course, and you can’t think about rugby while you are doing that!

A change of environment is pretty refreshing.

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.

People can say what they want. It is the people inside the camp who count to me. The people around me.

It’s obviously a massive honour to captain your country.

You always want to hear from the best about how to be the best.

Everyone has changed, haven’t they? Everyone tries to get better; everyone tries to grow.

Walking out in front of 80,000 spectators was unbelievable.

International rugby is a step up, and this is somewhere you come to get better and improve as a player.

I’m competitive, I’ll look to do my job on the field, and that’s all that matters.

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.

I would never think of myself as a celebrity.

Anyone can be beaten. I don’t think any team is unbeatable.

In the holidays at school, I used to go training with my dad every day. I used to see the hard work that went in behind what was an unbelievable Wigan team.

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.

Wales are obviously a team that like to play rugby in your half and put as many people as possible in the front line and get off the line and put pressure on you.

Your focus has to switch to being as good as you can be for your club.

That’s the way it should be: there has to be a drive to constantly improve.

The technical stuff does matter. It gives you a bit more ownership, a bit more power to choose what you do so that if you miss one, you can try to figure out a way, and that makes the next kick really exciting because it means you’ve got to commit everything to it.

I’ve just been trying to improve – it’s a not a deliberate thing to focus on one thing.

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.

One-on-one, you have to be able to put your head down and get stuck in.

I’ve got a lot better at dropping emotions if something goes wrong, or right.

Obviously every team is different, and you don’t want to try and be them.

I’m pleased to have been able to contribute to some good team performances.

I love playing at Twickenham.

Rugby is a game that’s constant. If you are not growing with it, you get left behind.

The main thing is I’ve tried to get better at everything – that includes the attacking side, being a threat, and taking people on.

You can’t be asking people to do things you’re not willing to do yourself.

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.

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.

I spent my time chasing rucks and never managing to hit any, so I quickly switched out to the backs.

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.

You always look at a game and see what you can take out of it to help you go to the next level.

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 have to be a voice; you have to be able to speak up.

I enjoy playing. I enjoy training. I enjoy thinking about it, I enjoy talking about it.

I like watching any good players.

I’ve always been comfortable speaking, especially on the field. Probably not as much off the field.

Every time I kick a goal, I do the Joining Jack sign, which is two Js linked together for Jack’s charity and for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

I get treated like everyone else, and that’s the way it should be.

You can never be too skilful.

You always think you’re ready earlier than you are.

You see what type of player I am, and you see a lot of that in leaders. Hopefully, you lead from the front and, first and foremost, play well.

Communicating and being loud is a big part of my game.

I think I’m more of a saver than a spender – more because I just like being at home.

Everybody loves playing against the best teams.

You can either let the pressure get to you or let it help it make you better.

I have always been a person with big aspirations, and I have always been confident I could take my opportunity, but you never know until you are out there.

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.

First and foremost, I just have to be myself.

There will be nothing better than playing international rugby. It’s a dream come true.

Confidence can be elusive because you don’t know you’ve lost it. It’s not something you can put your finger on.

I don’t know how many times you see 10s tackle each other.

For me, you just get on with what’s in front of you. It’s always been the case.

I want to learn, but I also want to show that I can cope. That’s what you always want to do, to step up and perform.

As with any skill, you have to work at leadership. Watch how the best do it, review what you’ve done, and look at what you might do.

I’m well aware of the rules, and I don’t want to play to the edge of them.

There is a difference going onto the pitch with No. 10 on your back rather than No. 12, and you need to have a clear understanding and be unbelievably prepared for what you are going into and what you will face.

Not everyone plays their best game every week.

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.