We realized that no one of us could be as good as all of us playing unselfishly.
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.
More Bill Bradley Quotes
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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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Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous
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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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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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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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Tax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.
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Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
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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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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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Al Gore clearly has the vision… it’s a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.
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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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Working with the UN’s diplomacy and development arms, we can prevent minor differences from escalating into wars.
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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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The point of the game is not how well the individual does, but whether the team wins. That’s the beautiful heart of the game, the blending of personalities, the mutual sacrifices for the group success.
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When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.
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