Craig Foster - 'Courage over comfort'

Courage Over Comfort

When I had the choice…

Craig Foster was 23 when he first chose courage over comfort. Rising through the Socceroos, he saw older teammates being denied medical treatment, players without power getting pushed around. He had a choice: use his growing status for himself, or use it differently. That decision set the pattern for thirty years.

Legendary AFL coach Ron Barassi used to say "the great people in life are better than human nature." Fozzie understood this is what leadership would ask of him—a 'get to' thing, not a 'got to' thing. From protecting teammates in his early football career to walking into FIFA headquarters knowing it could end his broadcasting career, all to save Hakeem al-Araibi, a detained refugee footballer facing extradition and danger.

In this conversation, we explor ...