Bill Bradley quote: "That was a tragedy but what it said to me was that the real tragedy was how deeply racial profiling had seeped into the police department."

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

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

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
BILL BRADLEY

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

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous.
BILL BRADLEY

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

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

For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds of leaders: those wh...
BILL BRADLEY

Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we...
BILL BRADLEY

Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.
BILL BRADLEY

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

I will make sure that my administration reflects the diversity of the country, ... African American,...
BILL BRADLEY

This is the civil rights issue of our time, ... It is no longer blocking schools. It is having the j...
BILL BRADLEY

I have not posed it. I don't think it would be necessary,
BILL BRADLEY

I don't support gay marriage, but I do support domestic partnership legislation that would provide g...
BILL BRADLEY

I hope that all leaders in this country will be innovative in trying to find ways to reach out to pe...
BILL BRADLEY

I will fight to make sure that (privacy protection) occurs,
BILL BRADLEY

I could never appoint someone to the Supreme Court who I thought would turn back the clock on civil ...
BILL BRADLEY

Our program would cost between $50 and $65 billion to make sure 95 percent of all Americans have hea...
BILL BRADLEY

must maintain strict protection for civil rights and a clear separation of church and state.
BILL BRADLEY

Democrats distrust the market, preach government is the answer to our problems and prefer the bureau...
BILL BRADLEY

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times o...
BILL BRADLEY

The only way to be true to our American tradition is to maintain absolute governmental neutrality re...
BILL BRADLEY

the most lasting contribution that a president ever makes. ... Therefore I feel it is imperative tha...
BILL BRADLEY

For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds of leaders: those wh...
BILL BRADLEY

I believe we need a new kind of leadership, a leadership that puts the people front and center, not ...
BILL BRADLEY

Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we...
BILL BRADLEY

I exercise regularly on the Stairmaster,
BILL BRADLEY

Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.
BILL BRADLEY

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

Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friends...
BILL BRADLEY

[Pending legislation would put the brakes on drive-through deliveries. Insurers would be forced to a...
BILL BRADLEY

They could probably still get out of the deal. I don't think anything's done until it's done.
BILL BRADLEY

I have not accepted a case for investigation because of the initiative. It treats victims so unfair.
BILL BRADLEY

What you need for a pension fund is a steady, reliable flow of dollars well off into the future and ...
BILL BRADLEY

Absolutely not. For 18 years in the United States Senate I fought to protect Medicare, I protected p...
BILL BRADLEY

You can talk about the past, but I want to talk about the future,
BILL BRADLEY

shows that he's man who thinks for himself, and I think that it shows that he's a man who believes I...
BILL BRADLEY

Al Gore's run a strong race and I congratulate him, but we're smarter and we're better prepared and ...
BILL BRADLEY

Can we in a time of unprecedented prosperity afford to dream big dreams again? ... Can we afford to ...
BILL BRADLEY

Look we have taken action, but you know racial profiling practically began in New Jersey, Senator Br...
BILL BRADLEY

I see there are things that an administration could do here to stop that,
BILL BRADLEY

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

I'll be laying out what I think are important things for this country to do in these times of unprec...
BILL BRADLEY

I'm actually following the advice that Tom Dewey (who lost the 1948 presidential election to Harry T...
BILL BRADLEY

But my convictions of where we are as a country and where we can go are so deep that I made the deci...
BILL BRADLEY

I'm trying to remain true to the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,
BILL BRADLEY

I believe that we need a strong president that is not going to back away from affirmative action,
BILL BRADLEY

That reminds me of the kind of politician who would chop down a tree, then stand on the stump and gi...
BILL BRADLEY

We should be better because of team speed, but it doesn't mean anything unless you use it.
BILL BRADLEY

Only those who have never left Washington have missed the lessons of the last decade,
BILL BRADLEY

I condemn it. I think it's morally repugnant. I think we have to be very clear about this,
BILL BRADLEY

I'm feeling great, ... No problem. This is just a nuisance, quite frankly.
BILL BRADLEY

The governor has not set any particular timetable with me or anyone else, he just wants to let gener...
BILL BRADLEY

We are well below our debt limit.
BILL BRADLEY

[Accusing Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush of hypocrisy, Bradley said both men h...
BILL BRADLEY

When you are in the public, you can't act as if you are private. You are only private when the door ...
BILL BRADLEY

sickens and frightens all of us.
BILL BRADLEY

I was stunned by the verdict. It shows that racial profiling seeps so deeply in our society that a w...
BILL BRADLEY

I'm sure he's ready to play. We expect him to play and we're prepared for him. And really you can se...
BILL BRADLEY

Democratic voters spoke and selected Vice President Gore as our nominee. I'm here in Green Bay today...
BILL BRADLEY

We have to repair that trust ... I think anytime a public official lies, he undermines his own autho...
BILL BRADLEY

There's something about Al Gore I don't trust. I don't quite know what it is.
BILL BRADLEY

Our country needs a Democratic president, a Democratic Congress and most important, a Democratic con...
BILL BRADLEY

return politics to the people.
BILL BRADLEY

I see myself in this campaign as a kind of goodwill ambassador,
BILL BRADLEY

This energy is going to carry us all the way, ... Whoever would have thought we'd be met by this kin...
BILL BRADLEY

There were some things in the Nebraska game last year that I dialed up that maybe weren't even on ou...
BILL BRADLEY

What we have to do is allow the people to set the agenda for this country and not the special intere...
BILL BRADLEY

I believe a Democratic president can do more for this country than a Republican president can,
BILL BRADLEY

My commitment to new politics, to those values will never change, ... One of the things that my supp...
BILL BRADLEY

Thanks a lot. It was because of you that I actually got in shape.
BILL BRADLEY

[Once seen as the unassailable front-runner for the Democratic nomination, Gore conceded Sunday that...
BILL BRADLEY

If only we'd had someone who knew Iowa politics in the room with us just before the Des Moines Regis...
BILL BRADLEY

As for me, I belong to the party of hope, ... In the battles that are to come, I ask you to join me ...
BILL BRADLEY

What is your dream for yourself, for your family, for your community, for your nation?
BILL BRADLEY

By the time we get to February 1, people will know who I am, what I believe, what I'm for, and what ...
BILL BRADLEY

The most important thing we can do is use our authority to petition to get access to markets, ... Th...
BILL BRADLEY

In 30 seconds you can say a lot,
BILL BRADLEY

There is no doubt in my mind that could happen, and if I were president, I would work hard to try an...
BILL BRADLEY

You should rest assured. You are going to get Social Security benefits as long as you are alive,
BILL BRADLEY

I replace Medicaid with something better,
BILL BRADLEY

In all honesty, I'd rather be speaking on Thursday night,
BILL BRADLEY

He declares his support for Bradley based on his commitment to health care for children, curbing gun...
BILL BRADLEY

And so now we leave New Hampshire and move South and West. We leave with thanks to all of you and fo...
BILL BRADLEY

I'm ready for the verdict, ... I need your help.
BILL BRADLEY

Anytime the president lies, he undermines his authority and squanders the public's trust,
BILL BRADLEY

This is a ridiculous proposal,
BILL BRADLEY

I would say quite clearly that white Americans can no longer deny the plight of black Americans,
BILL BRADLEY

You have to face up to this if you're going to be a strong leader,
BILL BRADLEY

I ask myself what he would want a presidential candidate or a president to do at this time in our co...
BILL BRADLEY

We each (China and the United States) believe we are the center of the universe, so naturally we are...
BILL BRADLEY

I knew when I got into this race that it wouldn't be easy. Anything worth fighting for in life rarel...
BILL BRADLEY

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds, ... Athletes, in tim...
BILL BRADLEY

Some people say we can never achieve our special destiny, but I say, in a world of new possibilities...
BILL BRADLEY

That (strategy) was not in conflict with the way I have run my campaign, ... It shows respect for th...
BILL BRADLEY

Unless we clear up our own house, the Republicans will clean up in the fall,
BILL BRADLEY

The game is still full of joy and the lessons learned from it stay with you . . . even though the ga...
BILL BRADLEY

The fact is that (Iraqi President Saddam Hussein) has the capacity now, in OPEC, to reduce productio...
BILL BRADLEY

What you see is what I call an elaborate Gore dance,
BILL BRADLEY

Mark Twain put it best when he said, 'Reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated,
BILL BRADLEY

There are issues such as what are we going to do with this enormous (budget) surplus that we have. I...
BILL BRADLEY

Bob Kerrey attended a function on my behalf,
BILL BRADLEY

I think the Saints will go over real well in San Antonio, but I'm partial to San Antonio because I t...
BILL BRADLEY

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

I can't believe George Bush might be president.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

This election ain't no stinkin' TV show.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Cal Ripken is steady, he focuses on his job, and he's a good guy.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Anybody who can dial a telephone can master tennis scoring in about 15 minutes.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

I identify with this guy's frustration and inability to control his fury at moments. I even iden...
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Having an affair with an intern is just an incredibly stupid thing to do.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

I was at the vice president's Christmas party. I thought that his speech was spectacular, and I ...
BRADLEY WHITFORD

You don't want to become one of those Hollywood idiots who is just blathering about anything.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

I want to see Bob Dylan do sketch comedy. I'm a huge Bob Dylan fan.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

We're telling a story. And the demands of that are different from the demands of a documentary. ...
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Love means never having to say you're a zero.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

John Wells let me write a couple of West Wings, which was an incredible gift. I loved it once I got ...
BRADLEY WHITFORD

You don't want your credibility banana to turn brown, but you do want to speak out about what yo...
BRADLEY WHITFORD

I heard an Israeli speaking on Palestinian human rights issues, an interesting guy, and he said '...
BRADLEY WHITFORD

The issue for my character, and the issue of the show is, how dirty do your feet have to get without...
BRADLEY WHITFORD

When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. You can't bring more to the role ...
BRADLEY WHITFORD

With the success of a show, you get an opportunity to call attention to things that you believe in.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Whatever you do, make sure you want to write more than you want to be a writer. Make sure you want t...
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the bette...
ED BRADLEY

I think if you live in a black-and-white world, you're gonna suffer a lot. I used to be like tha...
BRADLEY COOPER

Drag me to the moon, to catch a star and seize its brilliance as I'm swept up in amorphous dust.
BRADLEY CHICHO

I think he's Will 's partying a lot in Cabo. I think he's running a brothel. I don't...
BRADLEY COOPER

Shine like the day I set cosmic eyes on you, friend, by the light of the sweet squash in my lovely l...
BRADLEY CHICHO

I had never been out covering a story, but boy, was that fun.
ED BRADLEY

The only thing I'd ever done with news was to read copy sitting at the microphone in the studio.
ED BRADLEY

Then I learned how to do wraparounds and things like that. I had no experience.
ED BRADLEY

I had no experience with broadcasting basketball games, so I took a tape recorder and went to a play...
ED BRADLEY

And I realized that there was no sports reporter, so I started covering sporting events.
ED BRADLEY

I did anything that would get me on the air.
ED BRADLEY

I knew that God put me on this earth to be on the radio.
ED BRADLEY

But you know, I always said that no one else on my block was on the radio, and it was fun.
ED BRADLEY

Professionally, I remember Cronkite as a kid growing up, and more so for me, the importance of Cronk...
ED BRADLEY

My uncle was a hero, Lewis Roundtree. He was not even related to me really, but he was always called...
ED BRADLEY

I would listen to how they told the story, to what elements they used, to how it sounded, and that&#...
ED BRADLEY

I taught sixth grade for three and a half years.
ED BRADLEY

There was no one around me who didn't work hard.
ED BRADLEY

My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job...
ED BRADLEY

I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam.
ED BRADLEY

And I always found that the harder I worked, the better my luck was, because I was prepared for that...
ED BRADLEY

You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think t...
ED BRADLEY

The Paris peace talks kept a roof over my head and food on the table and clothes on my back because ...
ED BRADLEY

So I just got on the phone and the engineer just patched me in and I did reports. I'd get a comm...
ED BRADLEY

You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no ma...
ED BRADLEY

I stayed three weeks in Paris, fell in love with the city, and decided that I was born to live in Pa...
ED BRADLEY

I'd watch my father get up at 5 o'clock and go down to the Eastern Market in Detroit to do t...
ED BRADLEY

The people in your life are important. Meaningful relationships with those people are very important...
ED BRADLEY

I will not go into a story unprepared. I will do my homework, and that's something I learned at ...
ED BRADLEY

I had a lot of fun in Cambodia, much more so in Cambodia than Vietnam.
ED BRADLEY

The joys of friendship inert the heart and fizzy home bouncing jubilantly with laughter-buttered lov...
BRADLEY CHICHO

If a wicked rake doesn’t kiss a young lady when they’re alone in a moonlit rose garden, might it...
ANNA BRADLEY

Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just ...
AMANDA BRADLEY

I am under no illusion that our present strategy of using means short of total war to achieve our en...
OMAR BRADLEY

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.
OMAR BRADLEY

Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to ens...
OMAR BRADLEY

We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.
OMAR BRADLEY

I've never met a person, I don't care what his condition, in whom I could not see possibilities. I d...
PRESTON BRADLEY

Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology with...
OMAR BRADLEY

Never give up. Keep your thoughts and your mind always on the goal.
TOM BRADLEY

We've learned how to destroy, but not to create; how to waste, but not to build; how to kill men, bu...
OMAR BRADLEY

I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along wi...
OMAR BRADLEY

We are given one life, and the decision is our whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind...
OMAR BRADLEY

The world basically and fundamentally is constituted on the basis of harmony. Everything works in co...
PRESTON BRADLEY

Expect victory and you make victory.
PRESTON BRADLEY

The only thing that will stop you from fulfilling your dreams is you.
TOM BRADLEY

People cut themselves off from their ties of the old life when they come to Los Angeles. They are lo...
TOM BRADLEY

If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our...
OMAR BRADLEY

Be careful what you wear to bed at night, you never know who you'll meet in your dreams.
TOM BRADLEY

The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond; reeds of water spray fireflies scented wi...
BRADLEY CHICHO

I don't know if it's animalistic or what, but men become like peacocks with their feathers u...
BRADLEY COOPER

One of the most surreal moments in this election was after the third debate, when I heard a talking ...
BRADLEY WHITFORD

I have to think that I think it's always been a horse race between this administration's tem...
BRADLEY WHITFORD

My grandmother flew only once in her life, and that was the day she and her new husband ascended int...
ALAN BRADLEY

I had a small investment in Twofold, following guidance from my professional advisers. I had, howeve...
BRADLEY WIGGINS

Highest of heights, I climb this mountain and feel one with the rock and grit and solitude echoing b...
BRADLEY CHICHO

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future....
BRADLEY WHITFORD

If you didn't go out every time it was raining, you wouldn't get anything done. So it's ...
BRADLEY WIGGINS

The beauty is, while you're working on chipping, you're also working on driving. This is bec...
KEEGAN BRADLEY

I am often thought of as being remarkably bright, and yet my brains, more often than not, are busily...
ALAN BRADLEY

Things change; your priorities change in life. So I'd never think of riding 100 miles on Christm...
BRADLEY WIGGINS

Unfortunately, when someone asks me for a favor, I can't say no. Because of my upbringing - my C...
BRADLEY COOPER

Obviously I'm real happy with the way we are hitting the ball. I think our defense could be a little...
ANDREW BRADLEY

Sam pitched very well for us, we just have to get some of those runners to score.
ANDREW BRADLEY

We played well in the first game, we just couldn't come up with the big hit. Eric was just dominant ...
ANDREW BRADLEY

They gave me a good deal so I can't complain. I'm coming from a program that's like a family, and Ma...
ANDREW BRADLEY

We hit the ball very hard today. We gave up four runs in the top of the first, but I was very happy ...
ANDREW BRADLEY

We grew up together, wrestling on the same team, and we'd been talking all summer about [wrestling e...
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I am prepared to vote in support of a new military authorization that specifically authorizes U.S. m...
BRADLEY BYRNE

I firmly believe a rising tide lifts all boats. I think having Airbus only grows and brings more att...
BRADLEY BYRNE

Blunders, no, only friendship binds us to honesty - attracting crypts of mushrooms in the wake of ou...
BRADLEY CHICHO

I delight in the sweet and sour moments we routinely share, together applauded by muppets in leotard...
BRADLEY CHICHO

One of my all-time favourite guitarists is, in fact, a bassist - John Entwistle from The Who. He'...
BRADLEY WIGGINS

When I throw a softball, there's no time to think about the motion of my arm. I just look at the...
KEEGAN BRADLEY

Richard Schiff is a really good baseball player. It's surprising because he looks exhausted.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

That was a tragedy but what it said to me was that the real tragedy was how deeply racial profiling had seeped into the police department.

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