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.

Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself.

Our hope is that the elementary reading of comics will lead to the joy of reading good books.

Let us give publicity to H.I.V./AIDS and not hide it, because the only way to make it appear like a normal illness like TB, like cancer, is always to come out and say somebody has died because of H.I.V./AIDS, and people will stop regarding it as something extraordinary.

One of the things that made me long to be back in prison was that I had so little opportunity for reading, thinking and quiet reflection after my release. I intend, amongst other things, to give myself much more opportunity for such reading and reflection.

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

In the 21st Century, the capacity to communicate will almost certainly be a key human right.