Manu Vatuvei

So, you know, at BBM, you know, that's part of our values to never judge anyone, you know, always surround yourself with positive people and just no excuses and that.

So it's just something I've loved and I've enjoyed ever since.

Um...

The hardest moment that I still remember that keeps me going and keeps me on the right track is the day I got raided.

And not because my house got raided, it's because my parents was there.

You know, for me to do that at the house that we were living in was the hardest, and it's one of those memories that I don't want to have anymore.

It's hard to talk about.

That's the only part that I hate talking about.

Everything else, I'm sweet, but...

It gets really hard when I talk about that part because, you know, anything to do with my parents.

My parents sacrificed a lot to come to New Zealand and give us a better life.

And, you know, I did achieve that, giving them a better life of making the Warriors and all that stuff.

For me to fall from that and go to my darkest moments, it was pretty hard.

But now I'm just trying to rebuild that and give my last name a better name because I've kind of tarnished that a bit, so yeah.

Nah, it doesn't.

I'm just nervous, but I'm never scared.

I'm never scared.

All these big boys say they never take a backwards step and I'm one of them too.

So, you know, I'm just, I've always been someone that likes pain and like, you know, I've done a few trainings now and been staying in shape.

You look the same.