Edwards, The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (New York: Tarcher/Putnam,
1979/1999), 18–20. Jackson Pollock: lizabeth Frank, Pollock (New York: Abbeville Press,
1983); Evelyn Toynton, “A Little Here, A Little There,” The New York Times Book Review,
January 31, 1999. Twyla Tharp:The Creative Habit (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003).
“There are no ‘natural’ geniuses”: bid., 7. The Danger of Praise: his work was conducted
with Claudia Mueller and with Melissa Kamins. Adam Guettel has been called: esse Green, “A
Complicated Gift,” The New York Times Magazine, July, 6, 2003. Research by Claude Steele
and Joshua Aronson: laude M. Steele and Joshua Aronson, “Stereotype Threat and the
Intellectual Test Performance of African-Americans,” Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology 68 (1995), 797–811. We asked African American students: his research was done
with Bonita London. To find out how this happens: his work was done with Catherine Good
and Aneeta Rattan, and is being supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Many females have a problem not only with: his has been studied by Tomi-Ann Roberts and
Susan Nolen-Hoeksema. When we observed in grade school: his research was conducted with
William Davidson, Sharon Nelson, and Bradley Enna. Frances Conley: rances K. Conley,
Walking Out on the Boys (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999). “Is a honey,” she
wondered: bid., 65. Julie Lynch, a budding techie: ichael J. Ybarra, “Why Won’t Women
Write Code?” Sky, December 1999. The Polgar family: arlin Flora, “The Grandmaster
Experiment,” Psychology Today, August 2005.
CHAPTER 4. SPORTS: THE MINDSET OF A CHAMPION As Michael Lewis tells
us: ichael Lewis, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (New York: Norton, 2003).
“It wasn’t merely”: bid., 9. As one scout said: bid., 48. “He had no concept of failure”: bid.,
- Beane continues, “I started to get”: bid., 47. Muhammad Ali failed these
measurements: elix Dennis and Don Atyeo, Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years (New York:
Hyperion, 2003). He pulled back his torso: bid., 14. Not only did he study Liston’s: bid., 92.
Ali said, “Liston had to believe”: bid., 96. Float like a butterfly: bid., 74. “He was a
paradox”: bid., 14. Michael Jordan: anet Lowe, Michael Jordan Speaks: Lessons from the
World’s Greatest Champion (New York: John Wiley, 1999). His mother says: bid., 7. Former
Bulls assistant coach John Bach: bid., 29. For Jordan, success stems: bid., 35. The Babe was
not a natural, either: obert W. Creamer, Babe: The Legend Comes to Life (New York: Penguin
Books, 1974/1983). Robert Creamer, his biographer: reamer, Babe, 301. “He could
experiment at the plate”: bid., 109. Yet we cling fast: tephen J. Gould, Triumph and Tragedy in
Mudville: A Lifelong Passion for Baseball (New York: Norton, 2003). What about Wilma
Rudolph: om Biracree, Wilma Rudolph (New York: Chelsea House, 1988). After her incredible
career, she said: bid., 107. What about Jackie Joyner-Kersee: ackie Joyner-Kersee with Sonja
Steptoe, A Kind of Grace (New York: Warner Books, 1997). “There is something about seeing
myself improve”: bid., 60. Did you know: lifton Brown, “On Golf: It’s Not How for Tiger, It’s
Just by How Much,” The New York Times, July 25, 2000. Wills was an eager baseball
player: ynthia Kersey, Unstoppable (Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, 1998). He proudly
announced to his friends: bid., 152. At the seven-and-a-half: bid., 153. This really hit
me: uster Olney, “Speedy Feet, but an Even Quicker Thinker,” The New York Times, February
1, 2002. Bruce Jenner, 1976 Olympic gold medalist: ike McGovern and Susan Shelly, The
Quotable Athlete (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000), 113. They hadn’t won a World
Series: ould, Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville.As New York Timeswriter: ack Curry, “After
Melee, Spin Control Takes Over,” The New York Times, October 13, 2003. Even the Boston
writers were aghast: an Shaughnessy, “It Is Time for Martinez to Grow Up,” The New York