I Have Always Drawn Strength From Being

Racism Is Not An Excuse To Not Do The Best You Can.

Throughout My Formal Education I Spent Many, Many Hours In Public And School Libraries. Libraries Became Courts Of Last Resort, As It Were. The Current Definitive Answer To Almost Any Question Can Be Found Within The Four Walls Of Most Libraries.

Drummed Into Me, Above All, By My Dad, By The Whole Family, Was That Without Your Good Name, You Would Be Nothing.

Wherever I Am When You Feel Sick At Heart And Weary Of Life, Or When You Stumble And Fall And Don’t Know If You Can Get Up Again, Think Of Me. I Will Be Watching And Smiling And Cheering You On.

Sometimes, A Defeat Can Be More Beautiful And Satisfying Than Certain Victories. The English Have A Point In Insisting That It Matters Not Who Won Or Lost, But How You Played The Game.