Quotes by Bill Bradley


Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
– Bill Bradley
All I have are the people.
– Bill Bradley
Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
– Bill Bradley
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
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
I believe we need a new kind of leadership, a leadership that puts the people front and center, not the president.
– Bill Bradley
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
Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous.
– Bill Bradley
Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.
– Bill Bradley
Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it. No destructive lies. No ridiculous fears. No debilitating anger.
– Bill Bradley
The only way to be true to our American tradition is to maintain absolute governmental neutrality regarding religious beliefs and practices.
– Bill Bradley
The taste of defeat has a richness of experience all its own.
– Bill Bradley
There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.
– Bill Bradley
Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball.
– Bill Bradley
When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.
– Bill Bradley
Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.
– Bill Bradley