I have strong views about South African politics and I still don't feel I need to make public statements.

- Zola Budd

Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics worl…

- Zola Budd

Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have …

- Zola Budd

I think it's one of the most natural things for any human to do is to be able to run because it's that flight or fight reaction you have. You either …

- Zola Budd

I no longer run barefoot.

- Zola Budd

When you sit in America you miss the open plains and you miss the sound of rain and the smell of rain and the smell of the veld. If you're African it…

- Zola Budd

There were always a couple of loonies who caused all the trouble.

- Zola Budd

I can drink tea until the cows come home and I love the atmosphere in tea-shops.

- Zola Budd

I will never regret not denouncing apartheid.

- Zola Budd