I've always felt it was not up to anyone else to make me give my best.

My life is very simple. I like simplicity and for my time to be my own, so that I have the freedom to devote the majority of it to Islam.

I always keep a ball in the car. You never know.

I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.

Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try.

I've now been in this country for thirteen years since I was seventeen. So this is my second home.

My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.

God comes first. Paradise is not cheap.

It's not up to anyone else to make me give my best.

The most important thing in a person's life is his faith and how he translates his faith into practical deeds.

A democratic government in South Africa is not a threat to white people.

I have absolutely no problem with the press criticising policies and the things that we do, the things that we say.

We want the National Intelligence, we want the Police, we want the Scorpions, any other institutions, the tax people, and so on, the totality of these bodies, to get together.

The matter of social security and these grants is to help to address the levels of poverty in the country.

If you look at government policy generally, what government tries to do in all instances is to make sure that we take care of all elements that might relate to a particular issue.

The engagements with the International Investment Council have developed in a very interesting way. It is, again, the point I raised at the beginning.