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The TIME 100 Most Powerful & Influential People
TIME
April 26, 2004
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In this special issue we present our list of the 100 most powerful and influential people in the world – and we take a close look at how their words and deeds have an outsize effect on the rest of us.
The People Who Shape Our World
Our list of those whose power, influence or moral example touches the lives of all of us, right now
If you want to know the forces that are changing the world we live in, you will find some answers in maps, statistics and graphs. But you will not have met the future until you make your acquaintance with a few of the most irresistible forces of all. As history has demonstrated, a relative handful of humans with strong ideas and a determination to pursue them has an outsize impact on the rest of us. If the great men and women of ancient times were kings and queens, nautical explorers and epic poets, now we have superpower Presidents, technological titans and religious zealots who can upend the status quo in a nanosecond. Who is that core group today? Let us introduce you to the TIME 100, the most powerful and influential people of 2004.
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Heroes & Icons
With some, it is their bravery that inspires; with others, their physical skills. And then there are those – a Tibetan monk, an elderly South African man – whose heroism shines from the way they live their lives
BILL BELICHICK
Not As Dull As He Seems
He's so unhip, he's cool. After you win two Super Bowls, a quirk in your personality becomes endearing. If Bill Belichick, coach of the New England Patriots, did not win, people would say he was not flamboyant enough, that he couldn't relate to the pro football player. That was said during his tenure with the Cleveland Browns in the early 1990s. And it was wrong. He has learned from his early mistakes. Bill is innovative because he has a fine-tuned plan and doesn't vary from it. Now teams are starting to copy the Belichick model: Don't just go after the big-time free agents; find players who really complement your team. Rings spawn imitation. I've covered some 20 Patriots games over the last three years, and there is no doubt in my mind that those guys go into each game believing that when it comes to the Xs and Os, no one has a better plan. That gives a player a huge advantage because it lets him think he has secrets. That's what Belichick does for his players. Plus, he's not as dull as people think. Heck, he goes to Bon Jovi concerts! I once told Bill I had a video of him dancing at one of those concerts. He had this frightened look in his eyes, so there must be some tape of him out there.
–Phil Simms, CBS broadcaster and ex-quarterback for the New York Giants, where Belichick served as defensive coordinator