Bill de Blasio

“I think Bloomberg's broad vision of the environment in New York City is something I agree with. I broadly stand with his vision for how to deal with climate change and prepare for future weather events.”

“I didn't set out with the notion of running for elective office; it sort of grew over time. And I honestly at times questioned if progressive change can be effected through elected office.”

“I have my loyalty to the team of my youth. Everyone I knew was a Red Sox fan. The team that I grew up with was constantly the underdog but managed to prevail.”

“We need to show the voters left behind by Trump's tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations that our party represents them and that we're beholden only to them. We've got to give them a reason to go to the polls.”

“I love the MLB app, because I'm a pretty obsessed baseball fan.”

“My professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.”

“This country has wasted too many years pretending it had the luxury of debating climate change.”

“We not only need a rapid transition to a low-carbon economy that prevents the most cataclysmic consequences of global warming, we need real dollars and real planning for coastal protection to combat the consequences that are already inevitable.”

“When a party loses a national election to someone such as President Trump, it's time to rethink everything.”

“My wife and family, to say the least, are the center of my life; they are my grounding. I don't want to sound schmaltzy, but they are my inspiration and you name it.”

“Preparing for climate change has to be a national priority backed by tens of billions in federal investment. Lives are on the line.”

“There is nothing wrong with listening. You can listen to people; you can hear people's concerns. You can keep an open mind and still be perfectly strong.”

“Everyone I knew was a Red Sox fan. Living up there in 1967 - the Impossible Dream season - that moment was incredibly compelling. I just naturally gravitated to the team. Nineteen seventy-five was arguably the greatest World Series of all time.”

“I came up in a time where the assumption was, in the '60s and '70s, where the federal government was a great agent of progressive social change, it was the intervener in the best sense, and it would come and address injustice forthrightly.”

“Our future is about investing in our own people.”

“I think you can be smart and directed and focused, without being obnoxious, and get plenty done.”

“At a certain point, particularly in his third term, Mayor Bloomberg lost touch with the people he was serving.”

“I, thank God, don't engage in punditry anymore. That part of my life is behind me.”

“I didn't go to the Bob Marley and the Wailers show twice in my life, and I've regretted it every day since.”

“We need an inspiring vision of equality that resonates in the hearts, minds, and souls of all Americans.”