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
sports taste defeat
The taste of defeat has a richness of experience all its own.
baseball numbers competition
Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
athlete years practice
Behind all the years of practice and all the hours of glory waits that inexorable terror of living without the game.
beautiful softball teamwork
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.
inspirational motivational thinking
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.
america issues race
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.
leadership people vision
Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.
positive perseverance encouragement
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
winning two assuming
When you're not practicing, someone somewhere is. And when the two of you meet, assuming roughly equal ability, the other person will win.
forgiveness teamwork respect
Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it. No destructive lies. No ridiculous fears. No debilitating anger.
deeply police profiling racial tragedy
That was a tragedy but what it said to me was that the real tragedy was how deeply racial profiling had seeped into the police department.
conflict point respect run shows
That (strategy) was not in conflict with the way I have run my campaign, ... It shows respect for the voters, to point out that something is untrue.
campaign debate ignoring last says vice
For the last 10 months, the vice president's campaign has been ignoring and now they want to debate me. I think that says we're making some progress.
ask candidate president time
I ask myself what he would want a presidential candidate or a president to do at this time in our country's history.