A biography for Israel Folauhasn’t been written yet.
“There are a lot of messages in my books which I have specifically targeted for children, based on my own experiences growing up: the importance of healthy eating and being active, playing fair, setting goals, working together and anti-bullying.”
“I'm extremely proud to have represented my country. It's truly an honour.”
“League was everything to me, I put that in front of God, and He took me away from that to go to AFL.”
“I'm thankful I have my faith.”
“For me speed and power is the most important thing on the footy field as well as agility which I work on everyday.”
“Billy Slater was one I used to see do extras after training and his catching technique was unreal, so I really looked up to him and followed.”
“I just got caught up in the alcohol, women and all that sort of stuff.”
“I was lucky enough to play with great platers Cameron Smith, Billy Slater, Darren Lockyer and that's where I learned about leadership.”
“I've just got to be a little bit cautious with my technique and all that sort of stuff, going into tackles. But I'm not going to change the way that I go into it. I'm going to be aggressive.”
“My two younger brothers play football as well and they are obviously pretty talented and my two older brothers like to sing and I obviously can't do that.”
“I probably realized when I was maybe 13 years of age that I could make a living out of playing professional sport and from that time on it was really a goal for me do that as soon as I can.”
“You can't please God and please man at the same time. It's impossible; you can't do it. You've got to choose one.”
“I enjoy watching the NFL, but you've got to have a real passion to make that transition and have a real crack at it.”
“I was taught some very good life lessons and morals as a young kid growing up.”
“Don't ever be ashamed of the Gospel. Stand up, and be bold.”
“It was a really tough transition going from rugby league to AFL.”
“There are different reasons why I wanted to try AFL - some of them family reasons and others were more personal ones.”
“I think probably all of my determination and eagerness to want to play professional sport came from my family.”
“As Christians, we must be strong.”
“If I had my time over I'd probably not get any tattoos.”