Pierre de Coubertin

The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

I don't think they're going to pay me to play Mufasa.

I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly.

What worries me is that 'post-racial' America is not that different from the Americas that have preceded us, and it might not ever be.