“I tell my students, if you are going to spend days and months and years with someone, you had better like that person!” Quote by Susan Nagel
“I was 15 years old when I first heard the name Mandela, or Madiba, as he is fondly known in Africa. In apartheid South Africa he was public enemy number one. Shrouded in secrecy, myth and rumour, the media called him 'The Black Pimpernel'.” YearsFirstsNamesBlackNumbersKnownEnemyHeardMediaSouthMythSouth AfricaSecrecyApartheidRumoursPublic EnemiesMadiba Author:Kumi Naidoo
“In Durban, where I was born and grew up, and all over Africa, Nelson Mandela was a hero! Now he is a hero to the world.” WorldBornGrewHeroGrew UpNelsonDurban Author:Kumi Naidoo
“[Nelson] Mandela was very keen not to be understood as an exceptional person.” PersonsUnderstoodExceptionalNelson Author:Kumi Naidoo
“The reality is today most of our political leaders want to be treated as gods and semi-gods, from the security details to the fuss around them and so on.” WantRealityTodayPoliticalLeaderSecurityDetailsTreatedPolitical Leaders Author:Kumi Naidoo
“I think even though he [Nelson Mandela] was feted and praised as he was, he always was at pains to say, I'm a human being.” ThinkingHumansPainHuman BeingsNelson Author:Kumi Naidoo
“Whenever anybody called Nelson Mandela a saint, he would say: "If by saint you mean a sinner who is trying to be better, then I'm a saint."” IfsTryingMeanSaintSinnerNelson Author:Kumi Naidoo
“Nelson's Mandela own sense of himself was a very humble reading, [different] from how the world read him. And, quite often, you had the sense that he was not comfortable with all the accolades that would be.” WorldDifferentWould BeReadingComfortableHumbleNelsonAccolades Author:Kumi Naidoo
“Nelson Mandela once said "I can't help it if the ladies take note of me; I'm not going to protest."” IfsSaidI CanHelpingNotesProtestNelson Author:Kumi Naidoo
“It's hard to say if the NBA is hurt by the influx of younger players, but it's definitely impacted the league.” IfsHardHurtPlayerLeagueNba Author:Michael Jordan
“Nelson Mandela also spoke about how, as a human being, he's made mistakes.” HumansMadeHuman BeingsMistakeSpokesMade A MistakeNelson Author:Kumi Naidoo