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!'

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

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

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

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

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

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.

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

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous.

The only way to be true to our American tradition is to maintain absolute governmental neutrality regarding religious beliefs and practices.

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

Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.

All I have are the people.

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.

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

If you run for public office today you must be prepared for a massive invasion of privacy.

In all of history the only balance to private power has been public power.

Money in politics is like ants in your kitchen. You close all the holes and get them all out or they'll find their way in again.

When you are not a candidate you have greater credibility.

A party should be more than a fundraising vehicle and job placement vehicle.

America should have a big ambition.

... balancing competing goals of simplicity, efficiency and equity.

Candidates run on the strength of their ideas, not the weight of their wallets.

Capital gains tax reduction is the ultimate now-nowism.

Division and the death of hope. These are the results of Republican rule.