Bill Bradley

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous. ”

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one. ”

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. ”

If you win a championship, you win it doing many of the same things you had to do when we won championships. You have to be unselfish. You have to work very hard. You have to be resilient. You have to have a passion for what you do. ”

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

I am more interested in experiencing life than in analyzing it. ”

I've never allowed my political life, or my life as a basketball player, to define the totality of my humanity or my personality. ”

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

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

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