Basketball can serve as a kind of metaphor for ultimate cooperation. It is a sport where success, as symbolized by the championship, requires that the dictates of community prevail over selfish impulses.
BILL BRADLEYA lot of people want to change the world, but only a few people want to change themselves. When it comes to the issue of race in America, we have to do both.
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We have to repair that trust … I think anytime a public official lies, he undermines his own authority and squanders the public trust.
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Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved.
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When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.
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I like the rough impersonality of New York … Human relations are oiled by jokes, complaints, and confessions-all made with the assumption of never seeing the other person again.
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When the playing is over, one can sense that one’s youth has been spent playing a game, and now both the game and youth are gone.
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The point of the game is not how well the individual does, but whether the team wins. That’s the beautiful heart of the game, the blending of personalities, the mutual sacrifices for the group success.
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Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
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Leadership is not something that is done to people, like fixing your teeth. Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.
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The Boy Scouts of America stands for a set of principles. These principles have a lot of staying power. The values you learn as a Scout are like a compass. They can help you find your way through difficult and sometimes unchartered terrain.
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We realized that no one of us could be as good as all of us playing unselfishly.
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Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.
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Al Gore clearly has the vision… it’s a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.
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A lot of people want to change the world, but only a few people want to change themselves. When it comes to the issue of race in America, we have to do both.
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Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous
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Working with the UN’s diplomacy and development arms, we can prevent minor differences from escalating into wars.
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