Tom Bradley Quotes (29 Quotes)

A loving caring teacher took a liking to me. She noticed the potential and wanted to help shape it. She also brought me clothes and shoes.

Never. Never a day goes by when he's satisfied. He's trying to play the perfect football game. He'll never get that, but that's what he's trying for.

Selfishly, I'd love to have him back. It's been a long time since I've been around a kid like him. Whatever it is, he's got it.

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

He's fun to play behind because he's around the plate, kind of what our philosophy is throwing strikes, forcing contact. He's not going to lose command. They hit a couple balls that found a hole or whatever, but overall he did a pretty good job.

People cut themselves off from their ties of the old life when they come to Los Angeles. They are looking for a place where they can be free, where they can do things they couldn't do anywhere else.

He has a real knack for coming up with balls. He's picked off some passes and he's excellent at reading quarterbacks. A lot of that is instinctive, but he's gotten better over time. He's a kid back there that surprises you with some of the breaks he gets on the ball.

You have to give credit to the offense. They're holding the ball like that and the defense stays fresh.

It's good sometimes when you can say, 'Let's keep it going,' ... But I think they could use a little bit of time to gather themselves and get ready to play Michigan State.

I think the highlight of my entire political career was the Olympic Games experience in 1984. First of all, it was very difficult to get the games I had opposition from politicians and from the public in Los Angeles,

They might be the best team in the history of football, but not today.

When you travel, people don't realize that you can only carry so many guys. He gives us an extra guy at a lot of different spots. He could go in and even play corner if we got in a real jam. He understands the schemes and everything we're doing so that's a real plus for us.

A child is a quicksilver fountain spilling over with tomorrows and tomorrows and that is why she is richer than you and I.

I was sad and I was disappointed, ... I was shocked. We knew that the trial was coming to a close and I called in leaders from the police department and from the community to try to develop a strategy.

keep it in perspective and tend to their knitting. The same people patting you on the back were kicking you in the butt not too long ago.

he was a man who actually could have changed the course of American history.

They really went on a mission to accomplish something special this year, and they really worked. You can sense something during the winter program, spring practice, the way they trained.

Now against a big physical group like the Minnesota offensive line, they wear you down. But today we had a lot left in our tank at the end of the game.

In essence, we gave them a free ride for all of 2005 and asked them to come up with a plan to cover the cost of the building. We did not buy the property with plans to use it right away when they could not come up with a plan, we offered free use of the loading docks to continue distributing food. ... But to cover the costs of carrying that operation, we need to rent out the front of the building.

Soil gets saturated and loses it's structure and when the wind gusts come basically, the soil can't hold up the tree.

Obviously, we're going to have to move some personnel around and make some adjustments.

The personality of this group is it's a hardworking, blue-collar defense. It's as hard a working group that I've been around.

I'm going to miss him when he's gone. Actually, I told him that in a sentimental moment. I probably shouldn't have done that. He'll think I'm getting soft on him.

Fabian is the only one I saw pitch last season. He pitched well against us in a couple games. Control problems got after him a couple other times. He needs to work on keeping his arm slot consistent.

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

He was relentless today. He was coming off that edge and getting some great jumps, wasn't he

I think everybody believed in what we were doing and where we were headed, ... We still felt we had a pretty good future at Penn State. It's a very hard place to leave.

He's a heck of a decision-maker. He's much more comfortable back there now that he's doing his reads. He's smoother. ... He's making the right decisions, getting the ball where he wants to get to. From game to game to game, he's impressed.

I am prepared to pass the torch to new leadership,