When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.
BILL BRADLEYWhen you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.
BILL BRADLEYLeadership is not something that is done to people, like fixing your teeth. Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.
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.
BILL BRADLEYWorking with the UN’s diplomacy and development arms, we can prevent minor differences from escalating into wars.
BILL BRADLEYThe 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.
BILL BRADLEYWhen you’re not practicing, someone somewhere is. And when the two of you meet, assuming roughly equal ability, the other person will win.
BILL BRADLEYLeaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous
BILL BRADLEYI might lose because I wasn’t tall enough; I might lose because I wasn’t fast enough. But I wasn’t going to lose because I wasn’t ready.
BILL BRADLEYAl 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.
BILL BRADLEYFor 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.
BILL BRADLEYImagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, ‘Just watch!’
BILL BRADLEYSports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.
BILL BRADLEYWhen 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.
BILL BRADLEYTax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.
BILL BRADLEYPeople 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.
BILL BRADLEY