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.
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 BRADLEYHow should we Democrats select the next presidential nominee? Smoke filled rooms? Brokered convention? National primary? Personally, I prefer jump shots from the top of the key.
BILL BRADLEYLeaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous
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 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 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 BRADLEYLeadership is not something that is done to people, like fixing your teeth. Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.
BILL BRADLEYWe have to repair that trust … I think anytime a public official lies, he undermines his own authority and squanders the public trust.
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 BRADLEYEvery 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.
BILL BRADLEYI 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.
BILL BRADLEYWhen 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.
BILL BRADLEYTax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.
BILL BRADLEYThere has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.
BILL BRADLEYAl Gore clearly has the vision… it’s a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.
BILL BRADLEYWorking with the UN’s diplomacy and development arms, we can prevent minor differences from escalating into wars.
BILL BRADLEY