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title: "1 Nonpolitical Quotes By Bill Bradley"
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> [For much of my career I had no authentic political voice. I had been campaigning all over the country not to change the world or shake up my audiences but to please the roomful of people to whom I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bradley/for-much-of-my-career-i-had-no-authentic-political-voice-i-had-been/)

[Bill Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bradley/)

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## More by Bill Bradley

> [Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bradley/leadership-is-unlocking-people-s-potential-to-become-better/)

[Bill Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bradley/)

> [I am more interested in experiencing life than in analyzing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bradley/i-am-more-interested-in-experiencing-life-than-in-analyzing-it/)

[Bill Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bradley/)

> [I think the political process has degenerated into name-calling and extremism, and I think that that's unfortunate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bradley/i-think-the-political-process-has-degenerated-into-name-calling-and/)

[Bill Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bradley/)

> [“Only one thing is inarguable: without a body of convictions, life becomes a series of events in futile pursuit of utopia on earth, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bradley/only-one-thing-is-inarguable-without-a-body-of-convictions-life/)

[Bill Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bradley/)

> [We need to get beyond the politics of the moment, the deficit of the hour, the military count of the day, the numbers that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bradley/we-need-to-get-beyond-the-politics-of-the-moment-the-deficit-of-the/)

[Bill Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bradley/)

> [When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bradley/when-you-make-speeches-you-elicit-expectations-against-which-you-will/)

[Bill Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bradley/)

> [Basketball can serve as a kind of metaphor for ultimate cooperation. It is a sport where success, as symbolized by the championship, requires that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bradley/basketball-can-serve-as-a-kind-of-metaphor-for-ultimate-cooperation/)

[Bill Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bradley/)

> [Princeton ignited my intellectual curiosity and introduced me to a new social world. It... challenged me on the most fundamental levels imaginable. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bradley/princeton-ignited-my-intellectual-curiosity-and-introduced-me-to-a/)

[Bill Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bradley/)

> [I think Jeremy Lin is a really interesting player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bradley/i-think-jeremy-lin-is-a-really-interesting-player/)

[Bill Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bradley/)

> [Legislating is a very human experience in which trust and mutual respect play critical roles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bradley/legislating-is-a-very-human-experience-in-which-trust-and-mutual/)

[Bill Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bradley/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bradley/look-i-have-no-qualms-about-having-played-basketball-the-game-has/)

[Bill Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bradley/)

> [Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bradley/becoming-number-one-is-easier-than-remaining-number-one/)

[Bill Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bradley/)

> [At the end of the Cold War, the prevailing view in Washington was that the U.S. was strong, and Russia was weak and did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bradley/at-the-end-of-the-cold-war-the-prevailing-view-in-washington-was-that/)

[Bill Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bradley/)

> [Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bradley/ambition-is-the-path-to-success-persistence-is-the-vehicle-you-arrive/)

[Bill Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bradley/)

> [Give to another human being without the expectation of a return.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bradley/give-to-another-human-being-without-the-expectation-of-a-return/)

[Bill Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bradley/)

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