In the world's audience hall, the simple blade of grass sits on the same carpet with the sunbeams, and the stars of midnight.

All sportspersons are in the villages. We have to search and nurture them. Rural sports is the only way to find real talents, otherwise we won't get it

The voices of the grassroots, of people like Fannie Lou Hamer, must always be heard if we are to understand the past and move effectively toward the future.

Good Heavens! She said ‘grass and goats milk? Never!’

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.