My kids going to school and teachers denying my kids the grades that they should have once they found out that I was their father.

How can you ask someone to live in the world and not have something to say about injustice?

It stands for diversity. It stands for vision and strength. It stands for belief in the right things. That's what I think it stands for.

The beginning don't matter. The end don't matter. All that matters is what you do in between...the greatest reward is to know that you did your job when you were here on the planet.

I'm a man that has a vision as to how this world can be, and I've gathered myself through all the ordeals that I had to make me a well-rounded person and still fight for justice.

I think the Olympic Games have been married to political statements. If I go back to Berlin in 1936, it was very politically orientated then, just with the Nazis.

The beads around my neck [at Olympics in 1968] indicated that there were so many Blacks throughout the history of this country that have been maimed and killed by way of hangings.

I'm sure there was people in Australia that told Peter Norman that hey, man, you shouldn't have done what you did, you shouldn't have gotten involved in those individuals, it wasn't your business.

I think society had to grow up to the mentality of Peter Norman.

Peter Norman's a man's man.

[Peter Norman]was born and raised under the auspices of his mom and dad being involved in the Salvation Army. He believed in humanity. At all costs, he believed in humanity.

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.

If you cannot understand me in my speech, how can you understand me in my silence?

So long as society is founded on injustice, the function of the laws will be to defend injustice. And the more unjust they are the more respectable they will seem.

I used to lift very heavy weights in my mid-twenties - I used to bench press over 300lb. The most I ever lifted was 330lb; I couldn't do that today, no way.

Honestly, when I read the Scriptures, I really believe the Lord puts a heart in us when we become believers.

Pale ink is better than the most retentive memory. If it's written down, you can look it up. Just be damn sure you write it down.

I love the way L A. leaves you alone. I can go home, read all day, and nobody bugs me.

No one wrote better about the sin of pride, the corruption of power and the redemption of love. I will miss you, Gabriel García Márquez.

I myself have 12 hats and each one represents a different personality. Why just be yourself.

I try as best as I can to have a normal life. People recognise you, of course, and that's very strange. But I sort of leave my working life behind when I go home. That's my other world.