Al Gore clearly has the vision… it’s a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.
BILL BRADLEYWe realized that no one of us could be as good as all of us playing unselfishly.
More Bill Bradley Quotes
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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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Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
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Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, ‘Just watch!’
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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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There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.
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When you’re not practicing, someone somewhere is. And when the two of you meet, assuming roughly equal ability, the other person will win.
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When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.
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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.
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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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We realized that no one of us could be as good as all of us playing unselfishly.
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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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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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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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Working with the UN’s diplomacy and development arms, we can prevent minor differences from escalating into wars.
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