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Bill Bradley
American
Politician
About the author
The only way to be true to our American tradition is to maintain absolute governmental neutrality regarding religious beliefs and practices.
Bill Bradley,
American
Politician
#American
#Tradition
#Beliefs
#Religious
#Neutrality
Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous.
Bill Bradley,
American
Politician
#Leaders
Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, "Just watch!"
Bill Bradley,
American
Politician
#Saying
#Imagination
#Wisdom
For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds of leaders: those who you laugh at, those who you hate, those who you love and those who you don't even know that they're leaders.
Bill Bradley,
American
Politician
#Time
#Love
#Leaders
#Hate
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.
Bill Bradley,
American
Politician
#Time
#Mountains
#Environment
#Quiet
Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
Bill Bradley,
American
Politician
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
Bill Bradley,
American
Politician
#Success
#Ambition
#Persistence
Al Gore clearly has the vision... it's a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.
Bill Bradley,
American
Politician
#Vision
All I have are the people.
Bill Bradley,
American
Politician
#People
The taste of defeat has a richness of experience all its own.
Bill Bradley,
American
Politician
#Experience
#Defeat
#Taste
#Richness
There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.
Bill Bradley,
American
Politician
#Pain
Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball.
Bill Bradley,
American
Politician
#Money
#Trying
#Basketball
#Politics
When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.
Bill Bradley,
American
Politician
#Will
#Expectations
Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.
Bill Bradley,
American
Politician
#Difficulty
#Obstacles
#Overcoming
#Metaphor
#Sports
#Athletes
Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.
Bill Bradley,
American
Politician
#People
#Leadership
#Potential