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.
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.
More Bill Bradley Quotes
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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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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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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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When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.
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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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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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For 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.
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How 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.
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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 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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Every 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.
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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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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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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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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.
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