Tom Bradley
Tom Bradley
The first African-American mayor of Los Angeles, California, an office which he held from 1973 to 1993. He had the longest tenure of any mayor in the city's history before the city passed established term limits in 1990.
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 December 1917
CityCalvert, TX
coming edge great relentless
He was relentless today. He was coming off that edge and getting some great jumps, wasn't he?
kicking people perspective tend
keep it in perspective and tend to their knitting. The same people patting you on the back were kicking you in the butt not too long ago.
breaks coming excellent gets gotten kid knack passes picked reading surprises
He has a real knack for coming up with balls. He's picked off some passes and he's excellent at reading quarterbacks. A lot of that is instinctive, but he's gotten better over time. He's a kid back there that surprises you with some of the breaks he gets on the ball.
group hard
The personality of this group is it's a hardworking, blue-collar defense. It's as hard a working group that I've been around.
carry corner extra gives guy people plus realize schemes
When you travel, people don't realize that you can only carry so many guys. He gives us an extra guy at a lot of different spots. He could go in and even play corner if we got in a real jam. He understands the schemes and everything we're doing so that's a real plus for us.
ball game heck wants
He's a heck of a decision-maker. He's much more comfortable back there now that he's doing his reads. He's smoother. ... He's making the right decisions, getting the ball where he wants to get to. From game to game to game, he's impressed.
asked buy carrying continue cost costs cover free front gave offered plan plans property rent ride
In essence, we gave them a free ride for all of 2005 and asked them to come up with a plan to cover the cost of the building. We did not buy the property with plans to use it right away when they could not come up with a plan, we offered free use of the loading docks to continue distributing food. ... But to cover the costs of carrying that operation, we need to rent out the front of the building.
coach collecting hit security social
I'll be collecting my Social Security, and Coach will still be out there coaching. I told him he had to be out before he hit 100.
child fountain richer tomorrows
A child is a quicksilver fountain / spilling over with tomorrows and tomorrows / and that is why / she is richer than you and I.
flattered highly nice offers people
I'm flattered by the offers that I've had. It's really nice that people think that highly of you.
alan hard worker
Alan is such a hard worker and he?s so deter-mined. He has a goal, he has a purpose.
football goes perfect trying
Never. Never a day goes by when he's satisfied. He's trying to play the perfect football game. He'll never get that, but that's what he's trying for.
bit gather good michigan ready themselves time
It's good sometimes when you can say, 'Let's keep it going,' ... But I think they could use a little bit of time to gather themselves and get ready to play Michigan State.
accomplish mission special spring winter
They really went on a mission to accomplish something special this year, and they really worked. You can sense something during the winter program, spring practice, the way they trained.