Nelson Mandela Quotes About Sports

Quotes about: Sports

• Sport has the power to overcome old divisions and create the bond of common aspirations

  Nelson Mandela

  Sports, Overcoming, Division

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.378, Pan Macmillan

• Sports have the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sports can create hope, where there was once only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers. It laughs in the face of all types of discrimination. Sports is the game of lovers.

  Nelson Mandela

  Sports, People, Inspire

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.378, Pan Macmillan

• Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair

  Nelson Mandela

  Sports, Despair, Breaking Down

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.378, Pan Macmillan

• Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers.

  Nelson Mandela

  Sports, Powerful, Government

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.378, Pan Macmillan

• Know your enemy - and learn about his favorite sport.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspiring, Sports, Enemy

  "Mandela: His 8 Lessons of Leadership" by Richard Stengel, content.time.com. July 9, 2008.

• Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the hearts of people. That is why it is so important that the FIFA World Cup will, for the first time ever, be hosted on the African continent in 2010. We feel privileged and humbled that South Africa has been given this singular honour of being the African host country.

  Nelson Mandela

  Soccer, Sports, Country

• Who could doubt that sport is a crucial window for the propagation of fair play and justice? After all, fair play is a value that is essential to sport.

  Nelson Mandela

  Sports, Play, Justice

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.378, Pan Macmillan

• Sport has the power to change the world... Sport can awaken hope where there was previously only despair.

  Nelson Mandela

  Sports, Despair, World

• Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the hearts of people.

  Nelson Mandela

  Soccer, Sports, Heart

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