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
teamwork leader should
Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous
track might enough
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.
teamwork best-team
We realized that no one of us could be as good as all of us playing unselfishly.
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.
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.
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.
expectations speech
When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.
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.
vision als gore
Al Gore clearly has the vision... it's a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.
demise said mark
Mark Twain put it best when he said, 'Reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated,.
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.
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.