>> ALL RIGHT, SKY NEWS ANCHOR
WILFRED FROST, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
WE’LL BE ON THAT STORY FOR SURE.
>>> THE NEW AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
FILM TITLED "ROLLING LONG: AN
AMERICAN STORY," A ONE MAN SHOW
WHERE BILL BRADLEY GIVES A
REVEALING LOOK AT HIS
EXTRAORDINARY LIFE, FROM WINNING
TWO NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE
1970s, WITH THE NEW YORK KNICKS,
TO REPRESENTING THE GREAT STATE
OF NEW JERSEY IN THE UNITED
STATES SENATE FOR THREE TERMS,
TO CHALLENGING VICE PRESIDENT AL
GORE, THE DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN 2000.
>> BEAUTIFUL TEAMWORK!
>> NEW NBA CHAMPIONS!
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK YOU
TALKED ABOUT WAS WASHINGTON, THE
GOVERNMENT.
WHAT ABOUT THAT?
>> SOMETIME IN MY LIFE PERHAPS I
WOULD LIKE TO WORK FOR THE
GOVERNMENT.
>> I HAVE CHOSEN POLITICS
BECAUSE I SAW HOW GOVERNMENT
MADE MILLIONS OF LIVES BETTER.
I WANTED TO KNOW AMERICA LIKE I
ONCE KNEW THE SEAMS OF A
BASKETBALL.
I CHALLENGED AL GORE FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION, I KNEW IT
WOULD BE TOUGH, BUT BRADLEY HAS
HIT THE LONG SHOTS BEFORE.
THE BRUFLEAUTIFUL PARADOX OF AME
IS THAT WE ARE MEN, THAT WE ARE
INDIVIDUAL, THAT WE ARE
DIFFERENT, BUT THAT WE ARE ONE.
>> AND THE BASKETBALL HALL OF
FAMER AND FORMER UNITED STATES
SENATOR JOINS US NOW.
SENATOR BRADLEY, GREAT TO SEE
YOU.
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU, WILLIE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON.
>> WHAT A GREAT STORY THIS IS.
YOU HAD SO MANY CHANCES ALONG
THE WAY, YOUR LIFE IS SO UNIQUE
AND SO EXTRAORDINARY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU --
>> I WANTED TO BRING THE STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP, I WANTED TO WIN
IT, THE COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP.
I NEVER SAID I WANTED TO BE A
PRO.
I HAD A WONDERFUL MOTHER AND
FATHER WHO MY FATHER ALWAYS
WANTED TO BE A GENTLEMAN.
MY MOTHER ALWAYS WANTED ME TO BE
A SUCCESS.
AND NEITHER ONE OF THEM WANTED
ME TO BE A POLITICIAN OR A
BASKETBALL PLAYER.
AND THOSE EARLY YEARS SET THE
PATTERN FOR ME.
>> SO, WHEN DOES POLITICS THEN
ENTER YOUR MIND AS A
POSSIBILITY?
HAD YOU BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT
WHILE PLAYING FOR THE KNICKS,
DID IT COME SOMETIME AFTER THAT?
>> IT CAME ON EARLY.
I WANTED TO BE A DIPLOMAT.
I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, THAT’S WHY
I SWITCHED IN PART TO GO TO
PRINCETON, FROM DUKE RAN AN
ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP, AND OVER
TIME I REALIZED I WANTED TO MAKE
A CONTRIBUTION THROUGH PUBLIC
SERVICE AS A POLITICIAN.
>> SO, WE OBVIOUSLY WILL BE
REMISS NOT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT YOUR BASKETBALL CAREER.
>> WHY NOT?
WHY NOT?
>> WITH THE KNICKS PLAYING SO
WELL RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU NEVER MISS.
>> YOU WERE PART OF THE 1970 AND
’73 TITLE TEAMS HERE, TELL US
ABOUT LESSONS MAYBE YOU LEARNED
IN THE SPORT THAT YOU APPLIED TO
POLITICS AND BEYOND.
>> WELL, I THINK THE IMPORTANT
THING IS UNSELFISHNESS,
IMAGINATION, COURAGE,
RESPONSIBILITY, THE VALUES YOU
LEARN PLAYING THE GAME TRANSLATE
DIRECTLY TO THE REST OF YOUR
LIFE IN ANYTHING YOU DO.
>> JOE IS HERE WITH A QUESTION
FOR YOU, SENATOR.
JOE, IT REALLY IS A STORY UNLIKE
ANY OTHER WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
BASKETBALL STAR CHOOSES
PRINCETON, BECOMES RHODES
SCHOLAR, BECOMES TWO-TIME NBA
CHAMPION AND BECOMES UNITED
STATES SENATOR.
>> AND HIS MOTHER AND FATHER
WOULD BE SO PROUD BECAUSE
EVERYBODY I TALKED TO THAT KNOW
HIM SAY HE IS FAR MORE THAN A
GENTLEMAN.
HE’S AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN.
YOU KNOW, SENATOR, I JUST SAW IN
THAT CLIP, I SAW YOU SAYING THAT
YOU WANTED TO BE IN GOVERNMENT
BECAUSE IT MAKES PEOPLE’S LIVES
BETTER.
I REMEMBER GOING UP TO CONGRESS
AND I WAS AN IDEOLOGUE WHEN I
GOT THERE.
BY THE TIME I LEFT, I REALIZED
THE REAL POWER WAS BEING ABLE TO
HELP OTHER PEOPLE IN THEIR DAILY
LIVES.
THAT’S SOMETHING THAT IS SO LOST
THESE DAYS.
TALK ABOUT THAT, HOW PUBLIC
SERVICE STILL CAN MAKE PEOPLE’S
LIVES BETTER.
>> YEAH, I DON’T THINK IT IS
LOST, JOE.
I REALLY DON’T.
I THINK PLENTY OF PEOPLE IN
CONGRESS NOW WHO HAVE THE SAME
MOTIVATION.
I MEAN, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT
I DID THE SHOW WAS TO HOPE -- IN
HOPES IT WOULD BE A HEALING
EXPERIENCE.
DIVIDED COUNTRY.
I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE
DIVISIONS WE FACE, AND I THINK
THAT WE ACTUALLY COULD LEARN
SOMETHING FROM WHAT MADE THE
KNICKS GREAT SO MANY YEARS AGO,
WHICH IS TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
YOURSELF, RESPECT YOUR FELLOW
HUMAN BEING, DISAGREE WITH THEM
OPENLY, HONESTLY AND CIVILLY,
ENJOY THEIR HUMANITY, AND WHAT
MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO SAY,
NEVER LOOK DOWN ON PEOPLE YOU
DON’T UNDERSTAND.
>> SO, THERE ARE SO MANY
DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE
WITH STREAMING.
TALK ABOUT WHY ROLLING ALONG,
WHY PEOPLE NEED TO WATCH THIS.
>> WELL, AS I SAID, I HOPE THAT
WATCHING IT CAN BE A HEALING
EXPERIENCE.
I DID IT TO TELL MY STORY AND
WITH GREAT CANDOR, BECAUSE I
HOPE OTHER PEOPLE WILL TELL
THEIR STORIES.
AND ALL OF OUR STORIES TOGETHER
REALLY EMPHASIZE OUR COMMON
HUMANITY, NOT THE DIRNS SFFERENC
BUT THE COMMON HUMANITY.
THAT’S HOW WE PULL US BACK TO
THE PLACE WHERE WE LISTEN TO
EACH OTHER, NOT SHOUT AT EACH
OTHER.
>> YOU’RE WORKING WITH SPIKE LEE
AND FRANKS ON THIS FILM OZ ON TH
>> THAT’S NOT BAD.
I HAD ANGELS APPEAR ALONG THE
WAY.
I REHEARSED, I DID THIS AT THE
WARNER BROS. COMMISSARY, THE
WARNER BROS. LOT, HE SAYS I
THINK THIS COULD BE A FILM.
I CALLED SPIKE, HE SAID I WANT
TO DO THIS FOR YOU.
I WENT OVER TO THE OFFICE.
HE SAID, WHAT DO YOU NEED?
I SAID A GLASS OF WATER AND A
STOOL.
I DID IT FOR HIM.
AT THE END OF IT, HE HAD TEARS
IN HIS EYES AND I KNEW MAYBE I
HAD SOMETHING.
EVERY DAY, ONCE I MIMEMORIZED IT
HAD TO DO IT EVERY DAY.
SO I WOULD DO IT AND ONE DAY IT
GOT AROUND, TO THREE PEOPLE,
EIGHT PEOPLE, SIX PEOPLE CAME.
AND I DO IT EVERY DAY.
AND ONE DAY, TWO PEOPLE CAME,
ONE OF WHOM WAS FRANK OZ.
HE HEARD ABOUT IT.
HE WATCHED IT, SAID LET ME HELP
YOU.
HE WAS HELPFUL TOO.
AND MY LAST ANGEL THAT CAME
ALONG WAS WHEN TWO WEEKS BEFORE
TRIBECA, VAN MORRISON, WHO I HAD
AS AN OPENING SONG, CALLED AND
SAID, HIS AGENT CALLED AND SAID,
SORRY, WE DON’T GIVE YOU
PERMISSION.
I CALLED STEVE VAN ZANDT AND
SAID, HEY, STEVE, I SENT HIM THE
FILM SIX MONTHS EARLIER, I SAID
I NEED A SONG, HE SAID, WELL,
BRUCE DID SOMETHING BACK IN THE
’80s CALLED "SUMMER SIGNAL HILL"
AND MAYBE THAT WILL WORK AND IT
DID.
ALL THESE ANGELS CAME ALONG TO
HELP IN THE PROCESS.
>> STEVIE RIDES TO THE RESCUE.
THAT’S AN AMAZING STORY.
>> MAYBE THAT’S A SONG.
>> MAYBE THAT’S THE NEXT SONG.
>> WE’RE SO GLAD IT ALL CAME
TOGETHER.
IT IS TREMENDOUS.
"ROLLING ALONG: AN AMERICAN
STORY" STREAMING NOW ON MAX.
FORMER SENATOR BILL BRADLEY,
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE FILM.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR LIFE OF SERVICE TO THE
COUNTRY.
YOU ARE A MODEL FOR A LOT OF US
OF WHAT IT CAN LOOK LIKE TO
SERVE THIS COUNTRY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.