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Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
Bill Bradley
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Bill Bradley
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: July 28
Basketball Player
Businessperson
Former U.S. Senator
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Senior Advisor
Writer
Crystal City
Missouri
William Warren Bradley
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Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball.
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Give to another human being without the expectation of a return.
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The UN is committed to the goal of ensuring that all nations share in economic, social, & scientific progress. It delivers humanitarian assistance to the victims of wars and natural disasters.
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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.
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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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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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Tax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.
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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 think the political process has degenerated into name-calling and extremism, and I think that that's unfortunate.
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When you're not practicing, someone somewhere is. And when the two of you meet, assuming roughly equal ability, the other person will win.
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When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous
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