'Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.'

'From what we get, we can make a living: what we give, however makes a life.'

'True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.'

'Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.'

There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove o…

Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore Of nicely calculated less or more.

Above all, I believe in God. I believe, also, that I must live with myself, I must be able to face myself each morning and say: 'I did my best yesterday, I wil…