Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, 'Just watch!'

Behind all the years of practice and all the hours of glory waits that inexorable terror of living without the game.

I think the political process has degenerated into name-calling and extremism, and I think that that's unfortunate.

Give to another human being without the expectation of a return.

The Boy Scouts of America stands for a set of principles. These principles have a lot of staying power. The values you learn as a Scout are like a compass. They can help you find your way through difficult and sometimes unchartered terrain. The principles of Scouting give you a sense of what's important. I feel I owe the Boy Scouts a great deal, both personally and professionally.

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

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.