Best Hansen Quotes
“There has been a great relationship between the two countries for a long, long time and, apart from the Rainbow Warrior, we’ve probably been on the same page most of the time.” - Speaking ahead of New Zealand' s 2015 World Cup quarter-final against France
“Why don't you give me a shotgun and tell me to shoot myself? All I know is that the game is extremely dicult to ref. They're going to miss some things and they'll make mistakes, just as I do as coach, and as the players do, but if they are consistent then nobody has any complaints.” - Responding to a question about whether he was confident referees would do their job well at the 2015 World Cup
“If you can't change the man, change the man.”
“You can't do a lot of damage cuddling someone, but if you're prodding and putting too much pressure on somebody who can't cope with it, then that can damage them, but not irreparably. Through experience you learn what's the right amount of pressure and when it's the right time to apply it.”
“The fact I hate it [losing] so much, I've got to learn to control it. There's no point having a hissy-fit just because you've lost, but it doesn't mean you just accept it. There're so many things you can learn when you lose if you're open to it.”
“We were donkey licked last year.”
-Speaking ahead of the All Blacks 2013 clash with England at Twickenham.
“We will deal with what we need to deal with over the next couple of days and find a nice quiet place at home, sit down, having a few drinks with [wife] Tash and we will have a few laughs. And salute a few times, and probably get drunk...” - Hansen on what he would do when he got home from the 2019 World Cup
“Stop now Steve...” - Captain Kie ran Read interjecting ...
“Kieran is only 30-odd, and I am 60. So what he's thinking about doesn't happen that often. Or not as much as I would like anyway.” - Hansen finishing in the style in which he had become renowned