Times, October 13, 2003. (During this series, the Globe sportswriters’ columns appeared in the
Times and vice versa.) Let’s take it from the top: illiam Rhoden, “Momentous Victory, Most
Notably Achieved,” The New York Times, July 10, 2000. “Just keep pumping your
arms”: ersee, A Kind of Grace, 280. “The strength for that sixth jump”: bid., 298. But, as
Billie Jean King tells us: ing, Billie Jean, 236. When the match: bid., 78. Jackie
Joyner-Kersee had her Eureka!: oyner-Kersee, A Kind of Grace, 63. Often called the best
woman soccer player: ia Hamm with Aaron Heifetz, Go for the Goal: A Champion’s Guide to
Winning in Soccer and in Life (New York: HarperCollins, 1999), 31. “It is,” said Hamm: bid.,
- By the way, did Hamm think: bid., 3. Jack Nicklaus, the famed golfer: om Callahan, In
Search of Tiger: A Journey Through Gold with Tiger Woods (New York: Crown, 2003), 24.
John Wooden: ohn Wooden with Jack Tobin, They Call Me Coach (Waco, TX: Word Books,
1972), 63–65. “I believe ability”: ohn Wooden with Steve Jamison, Wooden (Lincolnwood, IL:
Contemporary Books, 1997), 99. Stuart Biddle and his colleagues: “Goal Orientation and
Conceptions of the Nature of Sport Ability in Children: A Social Cognitive Approach,” British
Journal of Social Psychology 35 (1996), 399–414; “Motivation for Physical Activity in Young
People: Entity and Incremental Beliefs About Athletic Ability,” Journal of Sports Sciences 21
(2003), 973–989. See also Yngvar Ommundsen, “Implicit Theories of Ability and
Self-Regulation Strategies in Physical Education Classes,” Educational Psychology 23 (2003),
141–157; “Self-Handicapping Strategies in Physical Education Classes: The Influence of
Implicit Theories of the Nature of Ability and Achievement Goal Orientations,” Psychology of
Sport and Exercise 2 (2001), 139–156. Finding #1: his finding is from the research by Biddle
and his colleagues. “For me the joy of athletics”: oyner-Kersee, A Kind of Grace, 60. In fact,
he says: ooden, Wooden, 53. After the ’98 Masters tournament: ave Anderson, “No Regrets
for Woods,” The New York Times, April 4, 1998. Or after a British Open: allahan, In Search of
Tiger, 219. Tiger is a hugely ambitious man: bid., 220. Mia Hamm tells us: amm, Go for the
Goal, 201. “They saw that we truly love”: bid., 243. “There was a time”: ohn McEnroe with
James Kaplan, You Cannot Be Serious (New York: Berkley, 2002), 10. “Some people don’t
want to rehearse”: bid., 155. Finding #2: mmundsen, “Implicit Theories of Ability,” 141–157.
“You can’t leave”: owe, Michael Jordan Speaks, 99. Michael Jordan embraced his
failures: bid., 107. Here’s how Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: ooden, Wooden, 100. For example, he
hoped desperately: cEnroe, You Cannot Be Serious, 112. “God, if I lose to Patrick”: bid., 259.
Here’s how failure motivated him: bid., 119. In 1981, McEnroe bought: bid., 274. Here’s
how failure motivated Sergio Garcia: allahan, In Search of Tiger, 164, 169. Finding
#3: mmundsen, “Implicit Theories of Ability and Self-Regulation Strategies,” Educational
Psychology, 2003, 23, 141–157; “Self-Handicapping Strategies,” Psychology of Sport and
Exercise, 2001 2, 139–156. How come Michael Jordan’s skill: owe, Michael Jordan Speaks, - Butch Harmon, the renowned coach: allahan, In Search of Tiger, 75. With this in mind,
Tiger’s dad: bid., 237. “I know my game”: bid., 219. “I love working on shots”: bid., 300.
“He’s twelve”: bid., 23. Mark O’Meara, Woods’s golf partner: bid., 25. For example, when
he didn’t: cEnroe, You Cannot Be Serious, 166. In fact, rather than combating: bid., 29. He
wished someone else: bid., 207. “The system let me get away”: bid., 190. “In our
society”: owe, Michael Jordan Speaks, 37. Coach John Wooden claims: ooden, Wooden, 113.
“I believe, for example”: bid., 78. When asked before a game: harlie Nobles, “Johnson Is
Gone, So Bucs, Move On,” The New York Times, November 20, 2003; Dave Anderson,
“Regarding Johnson, Jets Should Just Say No,” The New York Times, November 21, 2003. “I am
a team player, but”: nderson, “Regarding Johnson.” When Nyad hatched her plan: ersey,