MY greatest regret in life is that I never became the heavyweight boxing champion ofthe world.

Negotiation and discussion are the greatest weapons we have for promoting peace and development.

I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.

Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers.

Racism is a blight on the human conscience

Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.