I can't help it if the ladies take note of me; I am not going to protest.

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.

If we do not do something to prevent it, Africa's animals, and the places in which they live, will be lost to our world, and her children, forever. Before it is too late, we need your help to lay the foundation that will preserve this precious legacy long after we are gone.

Sports have the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sports can create hope, where there was once only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers. It laughs in the face of all types of discrimination. Sports is the game of lovers.

We cannot proclaim this century the African Century and then ignore the AIDS pandemic, as some political leaders are apt to do. To claim this century the African Century is to declare war on AIDS.

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

To truly lead one's people, one must also truly know them.