You know, you can only lead them from behind.

The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The time to build is upon us.

When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

What we did was to try and exploit that spirit [the idea of giving], which was there even before I approached individual South Africans [to give to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund]. I think we must start from that angle.

A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow mindedness.

Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers.

A society that does not value its older people denies its roots and endangers its future. Let us strive to enhance their capacity to support themselves for as long as possible and, when they cannot do so anymore, to care for them.