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 BRADLEYAl Gore clearly has the vision… it’s a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.
More Bill Bradley Quotes
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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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Tax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.
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There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.
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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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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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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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Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous
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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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When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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