Zola Budd's Quotes

I will never regret not denouncing apartheid.

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

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

I no longer run barefoot.

Tea-shops were to become my favourite haunts in England.

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 world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even when I went into town.

I found them uncomfortable and after that I decided to continue running barefoot because I found it more comfortable. I felt more in touch with what was happening - I could actually feel the track.

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 happened in the world, it seems very small.

After two weeks of working on a project, you know whether it will work or not.

The power of the computer is starting to spread.

It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers.

All of the good stuff is going to be done in the future. The stuff we are doing now is crummy compared with what will finally mature.

You will be able to program a robot to follow a track on the ground and manipulate a hand. You can also write little programs that will give the robots goals.

A quiet personality sure isn't what you need to attract attention.

Any artist always has misgivings about calling himself an artist.

Even though Raster Blaster was only a video game, I was learning about designing stuff. I got good at drawing.

Everything is getting bigger. The way to go now is to program in a little more sophistication.

I have a really powerful urge to see things work.

I know when something is kind of half-baked.

I think a craft becomes an art form when the space of possible solutions becomes so huge that engineering can't carry you through.

I write my programs primarily for myself.

I'm a great coder. But I am not pushing that so much anymore because there are thousands of great coders.

Robots... I think that is a hot topic.

To be honest, I look at my Pinball program and feel that it is old stuff. I could do much better.

Video games are engineered now, but the step I am trying to take, no one can engineer.

When I am starting a new game, I have to program it for the Apple, because I want to get all of the markets.