Jonathan Davies has spoken about two regrets he has from his celebrated and lengthy career in rugby and the reasons behind the decisions he took.
The dual-code Wales great has conquered most things in the game, both on the pitch and in his career as a pundit and commentator. However, there are still a couple of things he looks back on with a twinge of regret.
Appearing on the BBC's Scrum V Top 5 show, in which he selected his five greatest tries from the Five and Six Nations, presenter Mike Bubbins asked him why, with his wealth of knowledge, he didn't go into coaching after hanging up his boots.
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"I think, because of personal reasons, with my wife unfortunately passing and I had the kids, I got involved in television," Davies said.
"Ray Stubbs introduced me to Brian Barwick and it was a three-month trial and it worked. It gave me the flexibility for my children, so I could be with them in the week, take them to school and everything, and then on the weekend, I would do my stuff. It fitted.
"But maybe I do have a couple of regrets and maybe one of them was not going into coaching. But seeing it today, it is a 24/7 job and I couldn't have done it at that time. The BBC were brilliant with me, with the flexibility they offered me, and I enjoyed it. And I thank them immensely for it."
Davies's first wife, Karen, died from cancer in June 1997 at the age of 34. Davies was left to raise their three children, Scott, Grace, and Geena. He has since gone on to raise more than £50m for the Velindre cancer charity.
Another niggling regret for the man affectionately known the world over by his nickname, Jiffy, was not going on a Lions tour. Two past him by in 1982 and 1986, for different reasons, however the trip to Australia was the one that got away, in his mind.
Davies had already committed to going professional with rugby league side Widnes in 1989, ruling himself out of a tour Down Under. When asked if not playing for the Lions was a regret of his, he replied: "Yeah, I think so.
"I got into it in 1982/83, then I tore my cruciate, out for 14 months, then in 1986 it was apartheid so they didn't go to South Africa. In 1989, rugby league had asked me if I was interested, after I'd played some sevens out in Australia.
"So I assessed it at the time. In hindsight, maybe I should have stayed for six months and gone (to rugby league) then. But you never know with rugby.
"And also, coming from a council house in Trimsaran, losing my dad, and then this offer comes along for security for my family and then I thought, 'Right, I'll take it'.
"So, when I look back and think, 'What if? What if?', especially when I look at that '89 Lions pack, with Jerry (Guscott) outside you, (Rory) Underwood and Ieuan (Evans), (John) Deveraux. It would have been special.
"You make your choices and you've got to 100% commit to it. If you don't then you won't succeed."
