Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.

Soccer is one of the most unifying activities amongst us.

The freedom we enjoy is a richly textured gift handcrafted by ordinary folk

It is my deepest conviction that the children should be seen and heard as our most treasured assets.

Poetry cannot block a bullet or still a sjambok, but it can bear witness to brutality-thereby cultivating a flower in a graveyard.

Times change, we need to change as well.

We can build a society grounded on friendship and our common humanity - a society founded on tolerance. That is the only road open to us.