I really wanted to come into the Olympics.
Every time you step out on that field, it's tough. There is no easy way to approach it and no short cuts out there.
The thing I enjoy is that I have come to league as a union player, and I have to adapt to different situations I am facing.
To be an Olympian - not many people can say that. But first of all, I've got to make the team, and I know a lot of hard work is going to go into it, so hopefully it pays off.
People have goodness in their hearts.
I rock up to training, and Folkesy, Steve Folkes - someone that, to be honest, has never paid any interest in my personal life - he comes up to me and starts saying, 'You're not turning Muslim are you?'
If a lawyer, if a teacher, if a bus driver, if they're on $40,000 and they get offered a lot more to go somewhere else, what do you think they're going to do?
I have just fallen back in love with rugby league again.
All I want is respect.
I think the reason I hadn't fought was just the aftermath of the Botha fight. You put so much into a fight, and people just talk about it like it was a bit of a farce or something.
Every rugby player in Australia and New Zealand or wherever they are from wants to play in the World Cup, and I am no different.
Although the rugby league fraternity probably don't like it, the rugby union fraternity probably doesn't like it, it's cool for sportsmen, for young kids coming up, to know that there's not just that one door.
The pleasing thing is being able to be in an environment where, even though I'm a rookie, everyone wants to help you out.
That's the beautiful thing about being a father for the first time; it has really made me get my concentration levels in check.
Now I am just focusing on my daughter, my wife, religion, and training.
For myself, it's trying to do my best in whatever I am doing. At this time, it is boxing; then when I get home, I want to be the best father, the best husband, the best man I can be.
I'm a lot more comfortable in the ring. I'm comfortable catching punches, and defensively, I feel like I've improved a lot. I am banking on my athleticism. I've worked hard on my footwork.
My mindset at this stage, especially after having a daughter... it's just changed my whole outlook.
I'm not going to sit here and be stupid. If someone comes and offers me double what I'm on, of course I'm going to sit down and seriously look at it.
One of my major goals off the field is to conduct myself in a way that... parents are proud to say, 'Oh yeah, look, he wants to be like Sonny Bill Williams.'
