Rugby is a game where everything is connected - from your kicking game to your defence to your set piece and attack.
— Owen Farrell
Everybody loves playing against the best teams.
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!
International rugby is a step up, and this is somewhere you come to get better and improve as a player.
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.
Of course there are technical aspects to it, but every kicker has his own style. You have to find your own way, what works for you. The most important thing is to be comfortable and at ease.
The main thing for me - as a leader, anyway, is that you perform well. That's most of the battle.
I only take pleasure in making a break if I've made the correct decision.
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.
You do anything you can for your team.
I don't know how many times you see 10s tackle each other.
There will be nothing better than playing international rugby. It's a dream come true.
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!
For me, you just get on with what's in front of you. It's always been the case.
I'm my own person, and I don't expect anything from anyone.
Sometimes you get put into difficult situations where both players are trying to go forward, and it's tough to be able to be as clean as you'd like to be.
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.
I don't like to get too far ahead of myself.
Anyone can be beaten. I don't think any team is unbeatable.
I enjoy playing. I enjoy training. I enjoy thinking about it, I enjoy talking about it.
I don't think anyone is untouchable.
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.
I love practising, ever since I was that kid in the field, but I don't set targets for each session or anything.
You'd be pretty stupid not to pick up things that others do well, people you admire.
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.
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.
Walking out in front of 80,000 spectators was unbelievable.
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 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.
You must be confident and on top of all the plays you call.
I spent my time chasing rucks and never managing to hit any, so I quickly switched out to the backs.
I've always had a rugby ball in my hand, so it was inevitable I was going to play.
I'm well aware of the rules, and I don't want to play to the edge of them.
A change of environment is pretty refreshing.
I'm pleased to have been able to contribute to some good team performances.
That's the way it should be: there has to be a drive to constantly improve.
First and foremost, I just have to be myself.
You've got to be genuine and not try and be someone else - but be a better you all the time.
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.
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.
Getting to the halfbacks is a big part of any game.
I do a lot of kicking practice and passing, and it has made a massive difference.
Rugby's all I've ever wanted to do.
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.
I get treated like everyone else, and that's the way it should be.
You always want to hear from the best about how to be the best.
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.
You always think you're ready earlier than you are.
I was always watching Dad lift trophies. That made me want to do what he does.
The start of the game is a bit of a tone-setter for what's to come, but that's not always the case.
