Phil Vickery: 'I earned £12,000 a year while I played for England'
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Phil Vickery: 'I earned £12,000 a year while I played for England'
Phil Vickery, MBE, is a former Lions rugby union tighthead prop.
Capped 73 times for England, he was part of the winning 2003 World Cup side.
He is married to Kate and has two children.
How did your childhood influence your work ethic and attitude towards money? My upbringing on the family farm in Cornwall gave me a brilliant grounding in terms of work ethic and determination.
All my family worked hard.
The lifestyle gives you a mental toughness.
My father had dairy, beef cattle and sheep, and my early interest was animal husbandry.
I started doing small chores around the fa…
Capped 73 times for England, he was part of the winning 2003 World Cup side.
He is married to Kate and has two children.
How did your childhood influence your work ethic and attitude towards money? My upbringing on the family farm in Cornwall gave me a brilliant grounding in terms of work ethic and determination.
All my family worked hard.
The lifestyle gives you a mental toughness.
My father had dairy, beef cattle and sheep, and my early interest was animal husbandry.
I started doing small chores around the fa…
