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" I rock up to training, and Folkesy, Steve Folkes - someone that, to be honest, has never paid any interest in my personal life - he comes up to me and starts saying, 'You're not turning Muslim are you?' "

Sonny Bill Williams

Training

Saying

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Sonny Bill Williams

You

Guess

" I think I'm evolving, I'm always in search of bettering myself, how I can improve as a sportsman and as a person. "

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" Now, I know a lot of things in the big man's world are not what they seem: a lot of people are out for themselves, and you can't always trust what someone says. "

" I definitely want to play rugby at the top level, international rugby. "

" My old man never used to cook, so we lived on takeaway. The others were always jealous. "

" Going back in time, the best sportsmen ever have been Olympians. "

" Although the rugby league fraternity probably don't like it, the rugby union fraternity probably doesn't like it, it's cool for sportsmen, for young kids coming up, to know that there's not just that one door. "

Sonny Bill Williams

Young

Know

" If you go about trying to please everyone, there's going to be endless struggles. "

" I am my own man now; I can think for myself, whereas when I was 20, 21, I always wanted to please others. "

" It was a fairly normal happy upbringing. Not a lot of money, but a lot of love. "

" My mindset at this stage, especially after having a daughter... it's just changed my whole outlook. "

" If we're going to be getting treated like that, why can't we treat the clubs like that? I just want to see the game and the players looked after the way they should be because the crowds don't turn up to watch David Gallop play... they turn up to watch the players play. "

" I don't have the runs on the board to trash talk anyone in the boxing sense. I've got to do it the hard way and earn that respect. "

" That's the beautiful thing about being a father for the first time; it has really made me get my concentration levels in check. "

" People have goodness in their hearts. "

" How can I tell my daughter when she grows up to aspire to be what she wants to be if I am too scared to hop back in the ring because of what some people have said about me? "

Sonny Bill Williams

Back

People

" I wouldn't say I am a businessman. "

" The NRL is not an easy gig, but they have some good talent, some good youngsters coming through. "

" Every rugby player in Australia and New Zealand or wherever they are from wants to play in the World Cup, and I am no different. "

" I love winning, and I love the challenge. "

" I've become a true Muslim. It's giving me happiness. It's made me become content as a man and helped me to grow. I've just got faith in it, and it has definitely helped me become the man I am today. "

Sonny Bill Williams

Today

Man

" Boxing's not in my blood... it just grew on me. "

Sonny Bill Williams

Boxing

Grew

" I grew up in a commissioned house in the next suburb over, Mount Abbot. It was a two-bedroom house with me, my brother, and my two sisters. Mum and Dad slept in the lounge, and we didn't have wallpaper. "

Sonny Bill Williams

Brother

Over

" You always have your knockers. There's always something wrong. But I'm happy. I think that I'm improving as a fighter; that's all I can ask for. "

" Being a young Kiwi lad, a young Polynesian boy, I was pretty close to my family. But when I moved to Sydney, I went from training twice a week, playing touch footy with my mates, to working full-time as a labourer and training professionally. "

" I would say I have become a lot smarter in the way I understand things. "

" I really wanted to come into the Olympics. "

" I don't want to let my family down; I don't want to let myself down. That's probably the biggest thing I fear. "

" As a league player, for myself, you strive to win a comp. I'm lucky enough to have achieved that... but most sportspeople would love to go to the Olympics, and I haven't achieved that. "