Don't talk to me about what's happened since [Nelson] Mandela! His successor was absolutely hopeless - "no such thing as AIDS" - and this present President... It's a tragedy, you know, what's happened there post-Mandela, because he was an iconic figure.

We will not allow to become a political issue in this country the question of Asianisation.

We had a very good relationship. Very good. I liked [Sonny Ramphal]. I thought he was a genuine man.

I find a fence a very uncomfortable place to squat my bottom.

The essence of power is the knowledge that what you do is going to have an effect not just an immediate but perhaps a lifelong effect on the happiness and wellbeing of millions of people and so I think the essence of power is to be conscious of what it can mean for others.

As far as we're concerned, there was no sporting organisation [that] should have anything to do with the sport in South Africa.

I went along with it, and wanted to appoint a significant figure in Malcolm Fraser. I didn't have high hopes that they'd be able to do anything, but something was worth a try.