We Need To Get Beyond The Politics

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.

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.

Leadership Is Unlocking People's Potential To Become Better.

There Has Never Been A Great Athlete Who Died Not Knowing What Pain Is.

Some People Say We Can Never Achieve Our Special Destiny, But I Say, In A World Of New Possibilities Guided By Goodness, We Can And We Will.