Uzungezwe inkunzimalanga. UNelson Mandela ubonakala lapha (kwesonxele) umshayi wenqindi u-Mike Tyson, umgqugquzeli wokushayana ngeqindi u-Don King, umshayi wenqindi u-Suar Ray Leonard, iMeya yaseNew York uDavid Dinkins nomshayi wenqindi uJoe Frazier. Wathola ithuba lokuhlangana nabo ohambweni eMelika ngemuva kokukhishwa ejele ngo-1990.
UMandela ubengumshayi weqindi ngesikhathi efunda e-Fort Hare University, kodwa wayengakaze ahlale eGoli ukuze athathe umdlalo ngobuqotho.
'Ngangingakaze ngibe umshayi wenqindi odume kakhulu. Ngangingenawo amandla anele okukhokhela ukungabi khona kwejubane lami. Angizange ngijabulele ubudlova bokushayana ngenqindi kodwa nje nesayensi yalo. Ngangithakazelisa indlela umuntu ahambisa ngayo umzimba wakhe ukuze azivikele, indlela omunye asebenzisa ngayo kokubili ukuhlasela nokubuyela emuva. '
'Ngaphakathi kwenkundla, isikhundla, iminyaka, umbala, nengcebo akusizi ngalutho. Angikaze ngibe nokulwa kwangempela ngemva kokungena kwezombangazwe. Intshisekelo yami enkulu kwakuwukuqeqeshwa; Ngathola ukuthi ukuzivocavoca okunamandla kube yindawo enhle kakhulu yokususa ukucindezeleka . '
'Ngemva kokuzivocavoca okunzima, ngazizwa ngikahle emqondweni nangokwenyama. Kwakuyindlela yokuzilibazisa ngento engayona umzabalazo. Ngemuva kokuzivocavoca kusihlwa ngangivuka ekuseni ngizizwa nginamandla futhi ngilungele ukuphinde ngilwe. '
Ungaba yiso leso sizukulwane esikhulu. Makuqhakaze ubukhulu bakho.” ~Nelson Mandela