Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
BILL BRADLEYThere has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.
More Bill Bradley Quotes
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A 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.
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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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There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.
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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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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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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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I 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.
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Tax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.
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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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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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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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Working with the UN’s diplomacy and development arms, we can prevent minor differences from escalating into wars.
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Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous
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