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
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.
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.
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.
ball credit defense holding stays
You have to give credit to the offense. They're holding the ball like that and the defense stays fresh.
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People cut themselves off from their ties of the old life when they come to Los Angeles. They are looking for a place where they can be free, where they can do things they couldn't do anywhere else.
ask cross football player twilight
I've never been around a football player like him. He'll be on the sideline, and he'll say to me, 'May I ask you a question?' And then he'll cross that sideline, and he's completely different. It's like the Twilight Zone.
coverage
Sometimes I don't even know what coverage we're in. But it worked.
kid love since time whatever
Selfishly, I'd love to have him back. It's been a long time since I've been around a kid like him. Whatever it is, he's got it.
alan hard worker
Alan is such a hard worker and he?s so deter-mined. He has a goal, he has a purpose.
almost game points
I don't know why they're criticized. They're averaging 30 points a game and almost 400 yards.
move personnel
Obviously, we're going to have to move some personnel around and make some adjustments.
mind perseverance thoughts
Never give up. Keep your thoughts and your mind always on the goal.