When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.
BILL BRADLEYA good coach must celebrate in private. He cannot gloat to the press after a victory or criticize heavily after defeat… His game is of such motivation and strategy that only a few people understand his craft.
More Bill Bradley Quotes
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The only way to be true to our American tradition is to maintain absolute governmental neutrality regarding religious beliefs and practices
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Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
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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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For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds of leaders: those who you laugh at, those who you hate, those who you love and those who you don’t even know that they’re leaders.
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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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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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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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We realized that no one of us could be as good as all of us playing unselfishly.
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People tell me, “I’m glad you said that.” But this is not a spectator sport. This is an activity that requires daily moral awakening as well as a commitment that leads to real change.
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Tax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.
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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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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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There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.
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When conflicts do break out, UN peacekeepers should play a role in defusing and settling them. Without giving up our sovereignty, we can help the UN with better training and better command and control in order to develop more effective peacekeeping forces.
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