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Tuesday, June 30
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We received a brilliant request on Twitter the other day from @LarryLakeshore asking us to please set up a Peter de Villiers quote page.
Every now and then a selection rocks you to the very core and makes you ask; 'Why didn't I think of that?'.
Well, it's not too late and we've decided to act on this brilliant suggestion and create a 'Hall of Fame' (of sorts) of some of the Springbok coach's greatest quips.
The back catalogue of quotes is both large and rich in its content so we haven't been able to bring you a comprehensive list, but if we've missed one of your personal favourites then please include it in the comments section (along with the link) and we'll look to have it included.
Enjoy!
The Peter de Villiers Quote Hall of Fame:
"If we want to eye-gouge any Lions we will go down to the bushveld like we do and eye- gouge them there."
- In the wake of the Schalk Burger incident Peter reverts to bush analogies.
"If we are going on like this, why don't we go to the nearest ballet shop, get some tutus and get a dancing shop going? There will be no eye-gouging, no tackling, no nothing and we will enjoy it."
- And to think Saru had to send out a press release to clear up that they didn't condone eye-gouging and statements were mis-interpreted!
"What we try to tell them is when you point your finger into the sky, don't concentrate on the finger because you'll miss all the heavenly glory out there. Concentrate on the heavenly glory you can bring and make yourselves so fulfilled."
- Umm.. Yes quite!
"There's little difference between winning and losing, except you feel better after winning."
- Simple really.
"The same people who threw their robes on the ground when Jesus rode on a donkey were the same people who crowned him and hit him with sticks, and were the same people who said afterwards how we shouldn't have done that, he's the son of God. So that's exactly what we do. You have to look at history as repeating itself. And I'm not saying that I'm God."
- Well we're glad we cleared that one up.
"The small things like judicial hearing will not take away the fact that we won. Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk won the Nobel Peace Prize. No matter what they did wrong in their lives, no one can take away the fact that they won it."
- All in a day really - comparing Schalk Burger & Bakkies Botha to FW & Madiba
"I'm a God-given talent, I'm the best I can ever be. So what you think doesn't bother me. I know what I am and I don't give a damn."
- Peter has a little go at the media
"What I learned in South Africa is, if you take your car to a garage and the owner is black or a black man, and they mess it up, you never go back to that garage. If the owner is white, you say ag, sorry, they made a mistake and you go back again. This is how some people live their lives in this country."
- Peter seems to be defending Ricky Januarie ahead of the second Lions Test, but then doesn't pick him. Panic Mechanic? (thanks to Deon1980 and supersport).
"Ja, you know. Morgan Newman has been in form his whole life." (unsubstantiated!)
- From Villian - "My favourite P Divvy quote, was when he was asked why Morgan Newman was picked for the SA XV against Namibia".
"I won't change my style, if I change my style I will change Peter de Villiers, and then I would have to tell God that he made a mistake when he made me,"
- Asked if he'll change his style after week of criticism this is his response. Dazzling.
*Let us know your favourite de Villiers-isms and we'll give you a credit next to the quote!
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I wonder what his autobiography is going to be like… a colouring book maybe with only black and white crayons to be used, with the foreword being written by Michael Jackson!!!
My favourite P Divvy quote, was when he was asked why Morgan Newman was picked for the SA XV against Namibia.
"Ja, you know. Morgan Newman has been in form his whole life."
Classic!
PDV, will be the downfall of S.A rugby...
"What I learned in South Africa is, if you take your car to a garage and the owner is black or a black man, and they mess it up, you never go back to that garage.
"If the owner is white, you say ag, sorry, they made a mistake and you go back again. This is how some people live their lives in this country."
http://www.supersport.com/rugby/article.aspx?id=305856
THIS TRUELLY DESERVES A SHOWING ON THE HALL OF FAME!!!
“Rugby is a contact sport, and so is dancing. If you guys (the media) were clued up you’d know that there were so many incidents that we could have complained about, like the incident where a Lions player maliciously jumped into one of ours with their shoulder.”
http://www.supersport.com/rugby/article.aspx?id=306050
YOU GUYS CAN READ ANYTHING FROM PDV AND FIND A PIECE OF IT ANYWHERE!!! DUMB REALLY...HE LOVES DANCING THOUGH, MENTIONS IT A LOT!!!
"If you want to run with the big dogs you’ve got to lift a leg."
He should practice what he preaches! (Even though what he says makes NO sense to me!)
Wasn't there one about drinking Whiskey too?
- Shall we get him glasses for his B-day
The guys must cringe when they sit next to him at a press conference and he starts spouting.
I've heard a rumour that he's considering a career in politics...it will be almost as bad as the 'Bushisms' I've read and heard. They'd compare notes!
I find myself saying to Brits thats it because of our coach that it was so close... and they give me that look... you know the one.. the one that says "YOU WERE LUCKY AND WE ARE REALLY BETTER"...
But they arnt... we didnt shoot ourselves in the foot... we took a hacksaw and sawed them both off...
Muir and Gold are probably ready to commit Hari-kiri about now...
Q: Do you think longer bans on foul play will discourage players and coaches from implementing these acts?
PDV: I'm part of this lovely game and I'm very honoured to be part of this lovely game. And there are some things I will enhance whilst I am part of this lovely game. Negativity is not one them. I don't make the laws, I don't write the books about sentences, I only abide by them. I don't appoint judicial officers, and I don't always agree with them. But again, I'm part of the system, and if you can't work within the system,and you want to have your own system - then you creating your own world. There are a lot of things that I don't like in life, but as long as I am part of this world, I have to adjust to make it work.
It's like:
Q: PdV, what's your favourite colour?
PdV: row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream ... 26 x 4 = 48, ... hello mum, I'm on telly ... beeboo beeboo ... goo goo gagga ...
"Ja, you know, these guys, they can play on the moon."
joffes my boooooy has no change against this moron
ah de villiers is a gem!!
How the hell did he pass the interview process?
You have to question the people who gave him the job.
in Antarctica
Fact: highest defeat ever to the wallabies
Fact: beat the lions
Fact: you lot just hate him cos his not white(not jake mind)
maybe you prefer he got our players naked and ran them round an obstacle course.
For a country that has the best players...i think we should appoint a media spokes person. Cause obviously he cant do that!!! The whole World is laughing at him...Not just South Africans...Read the comments, and overseas papers.
I would also like to know what you think when aussie fans say SA only won the last WC because of jones and that as good as white was he never really had a chance without the aussies help.
Perhaps the 1 who should WORD TOG WAKKER is you mate!
Now im gonna let u into a little secret that I think only you dont seem to know THE RUGBY WORLD HAS NEVER AND WILL NEVER LIKE THE SOUTH AFRICANS! Its a fact perhaps at our dodgy past or the fact that they think we are all arrogant, inbred farmers. Case in point the Wc final even the french dudes wanted the poms to win!If the all blacks are the "Brasil" of rugby then we unfortunatly are the "germany" of rugby. With that in mind why give a rats ass at what the media think, PDV speak your heart out mate do something refreshing like speaking your mind say crazy things so your opponants cant quite figure you out(for that matter your countrymen either!).
Win or lose you still hate him, maybe its time to get over jake the snake and awake to PDV for F... sake.
"If you look at how he missed them, it could easily have gone the other way" -De Villiers on Ruan Pienaar's poor kicking performance in the Springboks first Tri-Nations test against the All-Blacks in Bloemfontein.
ole.....you gotta love SA.
"Speaking to IRB referee's boss Paddy O' Brien is a complete wast of time
People don't want to see other teams being successful. That is
my biggest problem at the moment. We can't go public about certain
things because we don't have all the evidence, but the body
language of certain officials when things went against us in that
game made us worry.
"The officials were so happy when decisions went against us on
the day. I am talking about the number one rugby team in the world.
Shouldn't they really get the other guys to that level?
"Or do they want to break things down so that the game can
become mediocre and everyone has a chance to win it. We don't want
to dwell on that point, but if that is the case, then I feel I am
wasting my time by talking to them. I will then have to reconsider
talking to them."
PDV you are a legend everyone goes on about how can he say such things, but tell me one other coach who has the balls to say the things this man will?
not afraid to standup for his team, everyone knows how corrupted the irb are
QOUTE OF THE YEAR
After the hamilton game
reporter : so Peter de villiers did you find anything to do in hamilton ?
PDV:ja you know , we did find something to do ,WE WON THE TRI NATIONS IN HAMILTON
We could follow his quotes live from his mobile phone where ever he is.
Seriously bru!!! You dont understand rugby. We're better off without the Ausies. Divvy is doing well, and so are the players. Now that he is better managed he can become worthy of a title that carries coach of the year.
I dont hate Divvy, just thought his sayings were off!!!
You on the other hand have serious issues. Propably an ausie or something?!?
The other 11% of the time the ball was in the air, on the sidelines or inside Schalkies Jersey??