John Wall Quotes
You always gotta do the right thing: you never know who's watching.
Wall, John. Community Event Speech. NBA Cares, NBA Media Ventures, 2015.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
In the early 21st century America’s world image, credibility, and popularity had plummeted to new lows. The George W. Bush administration spent millions of dollars on public diplomacy – public relations, propaganda, and image building using the techniques of Madison Avenue to change the world perception of America. Veteran diplomats like Kissinger advised that the Bush was going about it backwards. If America did the right things, world opinion would appreciate it and America’s credibility will follow as it has throughout most of the 20th century. Most foreign politicians and journalists tended to agree. It had been Bush’s policies and practices that had been disliked. They were understood, it was argued, and did not need to be better explained—just changed.
Many of the Taliban leadership attended this Madrassa when young including Mullah Omar, the leader of the Taliban. Haq is often called “Father of the Taliban.”
Johnathan Hildred Wall Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A Raleigh, North Carolina native, Wall was chosen with the first overall pick of the 2010 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards after playing one year of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. Wall plays the point guard position and is a five-time NBA All-Star and was named to the All-NBA Team in 2017. He was traded to Houston in 2020.