"He was a professional rugby player in the area that I played as a youngster. So a lot of people who I went to school with knew who he was and knew that he was black. So I would get racist taunts in school."

"I am proud of my black roots and of the black blood that runs in my veins."

"A lot of people don't know that my father is black."

"I do not wish to hide my origins, nor do I seek to make it a subject of conversation. I am what I am."