And I always found that the harder I worked, the better my luck was, because I was prepared for that.

- Ed Bradley

As a child, I loved to read books. The library was a window to the world, a pathway to worlds and people far from my neighborhood in Philadelphia.

- Ed Bradley

My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.

- Ed Bradley

There was no one around me who didn't work hard.

- Ed Bradley

You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.

- Ed Bradley

The people in your life are important. Meaningful relationships with those people are very important.

- Ed Bradley

I will not go into a story unprepared. I will do my homework, and that's something I learned at an early age.

- Ed Bradley

I stayed three weeks in Paris, fell in love with the city, and decided that I was born to live in Paris.

- Ed Bradley

I taught sixth grade for three and a half years.

- Ed Bradley