Female success stories from sporting events like the Olympic Games have played a role in shifting the Indian perception to see the female athlete as a hero and a role model for young Indian girls.

Sport is a great equalizer that can build bridges, transcend borders and cultures, and render even the fiercest conflicts temporarily irrelevant.

Sport is one of the few spaces where people can learn about different cultures in a spirit of trust and friendship.

When kids are young, before the age of ten, there is a critical window of opportunity when their habits and motivations can be influenced.

If women are the key to Africa's future - and I believe they are - we must figure out how to take away the barriers to their participation.

For African societies, no issue looms larger than employment. Only vibrant entrepreneurship and thriving small businesses can hope to provide the millions of jobs that are needed.

Sport is and should remain a great school of life that supports young people in their personal development. It teaches respect for others and also for oneself.

Bringing more large sporting events to Africa would help the continent develop sports policies and at the same time optimize its peoples' chances of achieving competitive success.

Improving Africa's farming sector would have multiple positive outcomes for African people.

Inspiration, in its rich variety, must be present in any discussion about Africa. We need role models - they are essential to the advancement of our society.

It is my firm belief that action on the issues that matter for Africa must emerge from within Africa itself.

A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.

Whomsoever I love and hate, my principle is the same. That is, the educated, the rich and the administrators should not suck the blood of the poor.

Shame lies. All the time. About everything. Don’t believe your shame.

If you find yourself always worrying about what the people around you would say if you start being your true positive self, this would mean that you are yet to bond with your true purpose on earth.

When we lose Fenway, we lose the sense that somebody sat here and watched Ted Williams hit.

Death is an absolute mystery. We are all vulnerable to it, it's what makes life interesting and suspenseful.

Dogs do have feelings. I gather.

I knew what infinity was. Being a previous art student, I knew about some art concepts.

Men think about women. Women think about what men think about them

A disciplined person is the one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.