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

Quote by Bill Bradley

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For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds...

For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds...

When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.

When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.

Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes...

Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes...

Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common...

Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common...

The only way to be true to our American tradition is to maintain absolute governmental...

The only way to be true to our American tradition is to maintain absolute governmental...

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous.

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous.

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.

There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.

Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.

Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.

Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship,...

Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship,...

When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.

When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.

All I have are the people.

All I have are the people.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Al Gore clearly has the vision... it's a much better vision than that of George...

Al Gore clearly has the vision... it's a much better vision than that of George...

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

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

They politics like ours profess, The greater prey upon the less.

They politics like ours profess, The greater prey upon the less.

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that...

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that...

Soviet Union foreign policy is a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma, and...

Soviet Union foreign policy is a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma, and...