Bill Bradley

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

“I think Jeremy Lin is a really interesting player.”

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

“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 t...”

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

“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.”

“Look, I have no qualms about having played basketball. The game has done so much for me. Look at the places I've been, for one thing.”

“Democrats must rally behind a low-rate, broad-based tax system that is fair, simple and efficient.”

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

“Over the years, the tax code has become a vehicle for political favoritism and social engineering.”

“Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.”

“That feeling of being the NBA Champion is really unparalleled, because you're the best in the world. Without question. How many people can say that in any profession?”

“I'm somebody who has to physically experience an environment in order to know it as well as I would like to know it. I recognize this is impressionistic, not scientific. People say, 'You sou...”