Bill Bradley
Bill Bradley
William Warren "Bill" Bradleyis an American Hall of Fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, and former three-term Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party's nomination for President in the 2000 election...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth28 July 1943
CityCrystal City, MO
CountryUnited States of America
religious practice neutrality
The only way to be true to our American tradition is to maintain absolute governmental neutrality regarding religious beliefs and practices
military numbers people
We need to get beyond the politics of the moment, the deficit of the hour, the military count of the day, the numbers that rarely shape events. Our long-term interests must be in people and in the values of democracy and individual liberty.
basketball jumping trying
Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball.
basketball keys presidential
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.
basketball sports selfish
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.
sports real commitment
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.
athlete games gone
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.
giving-up war command-and-control
Working with the UN's diplomacy and development arms, we can prevent minor differences from escalating into wars. 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.
sports motivation games
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.
demise said mark
Mark Twain put it best when he said, 'Reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated,.
creativity imagination intuition
Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, 'Just watch!'
pain athlete knowing
There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.
destiny people special
Some people say we can never achieve our special destiny, but I say, in a world of new possibilities guided by goodness, we can and we will.
motivational success sports
Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.