"People judge you as this child with albinism and basically there is nothing that they can see and value in you. We are human in everyway like you, that we are entitled to the same dignity as you, that we feel the same cold and the same pain and the same heat that you do, only that we don't have pigmentation."

"I would like a society in which lam allowed to grow and fulfil my desires, my dreams because we all have dreams."

"If I am a young girl or a young boy, l think of the same hopes, the same aspirations as every other child, as every other woman, as every other man."

"When you think about it if you close your eyes and listen to me, would you know that I'm a person with albinism is there anything in my voice that says I'm a person with albinism? so in everyway l am like everyone else."

"If I had been able to run naked today, I would have. "Unfortunately I couldn’t, because my daughter was here watching… She wouldn’t like it if her mother was running without her clothes on."

"Takahashi’s run in Berlin made it so much easier for me. "It was like she broke a barrier. Before, women didn't think we could go under 2:20. In future, the next generation will run under 2:18. Maybe they will break 2:15 one day."

"“I always felt I could close the gap once I started pushing the pace.”"

"From the Bible I have learned if you want something good, you must sacrifice."

"I still do intense interval training. I like miles and quarters best. In races I can set my mind, and I believe I could break 2:20 again."

"I don't run anybody else's race. When the gun goes off, I must evaluate with my own body and see. Then, as the race develops, I run accordingly. So you can say that I do not have a set tactic for any race."

"Politics is the management and determines who gets what get and how."

"He made us fight so much, he made the women movement very strong infact we became almost militant."

"The next time you vote the next time you pay tax the next time you experience discrimination please don't wait for the time to become involved get a seat at the table."

"Even though Women and men are equal we are different from the moment of birth to the onset of menstruation the rite of passage the challenges of pregnancy and childbirth mother hood menopause these are issues that affect us very differently from the other gender the list is actually endless."

"Politics is not for the faint-hearted."

"If you are absent at the table; so are your interest."

"We must have the courage to make decisions that are right, not decisions that are popular"

"The law is not a static tool; it is a living instrument that must be used to transform society"