There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.
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.
More Bill Bradley Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.
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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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We realized that no one of us could be as good as all of us playing unselfishly.
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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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Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous
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