I've got it all: I'm good-looking, I'm educated, I can sing, and I can play rugby. Ridiculous, isn't it?
Alun Wyn Jones
I like to think I am a happy angry person, if that makes sense.
I never counted on playing rugby: I was just another fat kid chasing an egg. It has gone pretty well.
A bugbear of mine is bragging rights in regional derbies: it would be a lot more worth to the regional game if we did something special in European rugby.
Ultimately I'm the captain, but if someone can't get themselves in the right state to play, it's not my job. If they don't want to come into work determined to be the best they can be, they're in the wrong job.
Ultimately, we are professional rugby people, and we focus on the rugby. That's the easy bit. We are not politicians, so we don't have to delve too much into that.
It really gets my back up when people start using business phrases - 'sustainability,' 'the brand,' etc. - about rugby.
I'm thankful for the collaboration between the WRU and Ospreys, which will look after my best interests and enables me to play the best rugby possible.
I am a big believer that change is good.
I've no regrets. I don't think you can afford to.
If I make a mistake, I just shrug it off and carry on.
A draw is the lesser of two evils. A loss or a draw, then obviously we are going to take the draw.
I am probably a bit numb upstairs, which is sometimes a good thing.
If you had a global calendar, then you would have less games; you create more intrigue, create supply and demand with regards to the sport, and that will heighten the intrigue with regards to the Lions. Create more mystique not only at international level but at club level as well.
Welsh rugby has done its dirty washing in public. It's nothing new. We're a tribal bunch. If warring parties want to sway public opinion, they do it in the public arena.
I'd love to feature for the Barbarians. I'd love to win a Champions Cup, and I'd love to get to another World Cup and make a fist of it: get to a World Cup final at least and see what could have been, particularly after 2011 when Wales reached the semi-finals.
I'm in no position to tell a fan how to support us. What I'd say is keep doing what you're doing; it means a lot to the team.
You do not have time in international rugby to stop and think, 'This is tough.' It's more a case of, 'Let's crack on.' Where's your next job? Fill a hole for someone who has just made a tackle?
You're as good as your next game, not your previous, so I'll focus on the next one.
I'm not the only one that's joined in the Maro Itoje song, to be honest with you!
Ultimately, as players, we are inside the tent, and we have got to deal with what happens between the white lines.
I always want to be first.
There's always a team behind the team. We've got our off-field guys looking after us.
We are very conscious of our poor record against the SANZAR nations. We've simply not done well enough against New Zealand or South Africa.
You're not going to please everyone, but then, it's not about pleasing people: it's about winning rugby games.
I know part of me is going to die when I stop playing rugby.
There are always going to be questions asked when there is competition. As long as you can answer those questions, then you are deserving of a place.
That's the great thing about this sport: it's always different.
I am competitive because it is fun, a mentality thing, and it is something you have to be in this job.
I am proud of being a bad loser. Bad losers are winners. That is the way it should be.
From a personal point of view, I wouldn't have been happy with one cap but would always have been happy with two. I never counted on getting to 80.
Before I was 'the captain' with the label - because essentially, that's all it is - I was a player, and before that, I was a fan of the game, fan of the team.
It doesn't matter how young or old you are, and whatever jersey you wear, you realise the derby games prick up the hairs on the backs of people's necks.
When I retire, my CV might have a few holes, things I haven't achieved that I would have felt I needed to do, but I won't know if I did need to do them until I retire.
What you put in, you usually get out. If you are not good enough on the day, fine, but if you put in everything you have, you usually get a decent result. When you lose, it motivates you to go again, not dwell on the past.
I don't think you need to go global rugby to save the Lions, but I think you need to go global rugby to save rugby and not lose things like the Lions.
I did GCSE's and A-levels. I did my finals after the Lions tour in 2009 to get my law degree. So I've always had an eye on life beyond playing, irrelevant of the period in my career.
My wife says to me, 'You have achieved a lot'... yeah, I do know. But... there are a couple of things I haven't.
I would like to think I am well aware of what the Lions are about and what they represent, but out of respect for your body and the players who are putting up their hands to be selected, you keep it at arm's length.
Going out there as a forward can shorten your career somewhat, whereas if you go out as a back, you will be OK.
As individuals, we don't sometimes let ourselves enjoy things that we possibly should because of ways you want to be perceived, which is a silly thing as well.
Things come and go - there's win, losses, and injuries, but you get back on the horse - but I appreciate what I've done more.
Losing hurts, it always hurts, and it should hurt.
I'm very fortunate I've got a good support network.
I wear my stripes on my sleeve, and I am not afraid to show them.
You have to be competitive in the job I am in.
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.
Some losses are harder to take than others. You can lose and play well. It is when you lose and don't do the things you worked on and don't do what you say you would that is difficult.
You cannot expect teams to be up for a final every Saturday, but you have to in the Six Nations, and that is the difficulty we have.
We don't want Welsh rugby to be seen as healthy or upbeat. If we think that, we could become complacent or stagnate.
