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.

I am influenced more than ever before by the conviction that social equality is the only basis of human happiness.

Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.

The relations between a man and his or her god is a personal matter; you can't go out and challenge the belief of people in a superior being.

If you sit down and talk to a person, it's easy to convince him that apartheid can never save a country and will lead to the slaughtering of innocent people - including his own people.

The time is always right to do right

I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.