21. A sense of where you are.
–John McPhee
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used with permission from the Office of Communications
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by Dino Palomares
Author and Professor John McPhee ’53’s book about Princeton basketball legend Bill Bradley ’65 took its name from Bradley’s rationale for his ability to make blind over-the-shoulder shots: “There was no need to look, he explained, because ‘you develop a sense of where you are.’” Bradley set numerous Ivy League and collegiate records during his sophomore and junior years, then became the captain—and youngest member—of the gold medal-winning U.S. basketball team at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Senior year, he led Princeton to its highest-ever national ranking, placing third in the NCAA; in the final game, he scored a tournament record-breaking 58 points. A three-time All-American, Bradley upon graduation went to Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship, then joined the New York Knicks and contributed to their championship seasons in 1970 and 1973. He later served three terms as U.S. Senator for New Jersey and was a serious contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2000. Bradley received the University’s Woodrow Wilson Award in 1987.
- To learn more about Bill Bradley, see Café
Vivian picture #61.
- To learn more about John McPhee, see Café
Vivian picture #17, 67.
- To learn more about basketball at Princeton, see
Café Vivian picture #61 and 126.
- To learn more about athletics at Princeton, see
quotation #4, 9, and 22,
and Café Vivian picture #6, 7,
9, 18, 22,
39, 48, 49,
54, 56, 61,
69, 72, 97,
102, 111, 123,
and 126.
- To learn more about Princetonians in national service,
see quotation #3, 8, 11,
17, 19, 20,
25, 33, and 41,
and Café Vivian picture #5,
15, 35, 41,
42, 74, 107,
110, and 119.
- To learn more about Woodrow Wilson Award winners,
see quotation #8, 16,
17, 19, 33,
and 37, and Café Vivian picture #17,
and 122.
- To learn more about notable Princeton professors,
see icon #7, quotation #6,
13, 15, 20,
26, 27, 31,
32, 34, 39,
and 40, and Café Vivian picture #10,
14, 17, 22,
25, 29, 43,
51, 57, 59,
60, 68, 75,
87, 94, 101,
and 108.
- To learn more about notable Princeton undergraduate alumni, see icon #4, 5, and 10, quotation #3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 33, 36, 37, and 41, and Café Vivian picture #1, 5, 7, 15, 17, 39, 41, 55, 57, 59, 74, 76, 84, 88, 99, 101, 102, 107, 110, and 123.