Ambition Is The Path To Success. Persistence

We Need To Get Beyond The Politics Of The Moment, The Deficit Of The Hour, The Military Count Of The Day, The Numbers That Rarely Shape Events. Our Long-term Interests Must Be In People And In The Values Of Democracy And Individual Liberty.

Basketball Can Serve As A Kind Of Metaphor For Ultimate Cooperation. It Is A Sport Where Success, As Symbolized By The Championship, Requires That The Dictates Of Community Prevail Over Selfish Impulses.

When The Playing Is Over, One Can Sense That One's Youth Has Been Spent Playing A Game, And Now Both The Game And Youth Are Gone.

We Realized That No One Of Us Could Be As Good As All Of Us Playing Unselfishly.

The Un Is Committed To The Goal Of Ensuring That All Nations Share In Economic, Social, & Scientific Progress. It Delivers Humanitarian Assistance To The Victims Of Wars And Natural Disasters.