I could not imagine that the future I was walking toward could compare in any way to the past that I was leaving behind.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.

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.

Resentment is like a glass of poison that a man drinks; then he sits down and waits for his enemy to die.

You have a limited time to stay on earth. You must try to use that period for the purpose of transforming your country into what you desire it to be: a democratic, non-racial, non-sexist country. And that is a great task.

The greatest single challenge facing our globalised world is to combat and eradicate its disparities.

We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success.