Quotes by Bill Bradley

“The game is still full of joy and the lessons learned from it stay with you . . . even though the game has changed, the old values still flow through it.”

“That reminds me of the kind of politician who would chop down a tree, then stand on the stump and give a speech about conservation.”

“Unless we clear up our own house, the Republicans will clean up in the fall,”

“Al Gore has run a strong campaign and I congratulate him, ... But we are smarter and better-prepared.”

“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.”

“We should be better because of team speed, but it doesnt mean anything unless you use it.”

“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,”

“Only those who have never left Washington have missed the lessons of the last decade,”

“Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds, ... Athletes, in times of this kind of difficulty, can be important role models.”

“I think the Saints will go over real well in San Antonio, but Im partial to San Antonio because I think its a wonderful place and has a lot of things to offer.”

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.

The taste of defeat has a richness of experience all its own.

Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better.

Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, Just watch!

Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball.

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

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.