The World Motivation
Water and sanitation has not had the same kind of champion that global health, and even education, have had.
“Water and sanitation has not had the same kind of champion that global health, and even education, have had.”
— Jim Yong Kim · Champion
Water and sanitation has not had the same kind of champion that global health, and even education, have had.
Look at the problem of drug-resistant TB in the world. Look at HIV in the world. What's going to be required for everybody in the long run is the ability to do complex health interventions in poor settings.
I want to eradicate poverty. I think that there's a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.
Institutionalized discrimination is bad for people and for societies. Widespread discrimination is also bad for economies. There is clear evidence that when societies enact laws that prevent productive people from fully participating in the workforce, economies suffer.
When I was 22 years old, I wanted to become the lightweight champion of the world.
I will be a world champion.
You can't go to college and develop into an Olympics champion. It takes too much time, too much training.
Viktor Postol is a great champion and he was dodged for a reason, but I ain't the type to duck and dodge anyone.
Ofili is still a champion. It would be a huge mistake to think otherwise.
One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.