Malcolm Gladwell Quotes

I ran track. I ran cross country. But I did not play organized basketball in high school, at least on our team. But I played a lot of sports.

I really don't have to disprove anything - I'm in the NFL, so whoever is thinking of me as a track guy is worried about the wrong thing.

I've got so many big gains to make in the javelin and the shot put. I know I'm not going to be winning the field in those events, but I need to do myself justice.

Not having a trainer is basically just giving an edge to my opponent, and I'm not willing to do that anymore.

It's a huge step up from the European Indoors to then being a gold medallist at the World Championships.

I ran track for my school. I played football, but I didn't play for my high school; I played for a little league team.

I've been reading everything from serious articles about track to Ryan Lochte's single life.

If you put me against most sprinters in the world, I reckon over a start I could get very close, if not take them.

I played volleyball and basketball, and I did track and volleyball in college.

Equipment's the biggest change. And the guys have been getting bigger, stronger, more athletic - so the game has become more of a track meet instead of a tennis match, in a sense.

Our economic problems worry me much less than our political solutions, which have a far worse track record.

It will revolutionize baseball. It will open a new area of alibis for the players.

As an actor, it's always important to understand what the director is after. That, to me, is my job. When I'm acting, I like to ask a lot of questions and understand exactly why the director is doing what they're doing, so that I can provide him or her with the ingredients that they need to get the scene that they want. It's not to challenge them, in any way. It's just so that I can do my job best.

Wrestling is an art form. I don't worry about those who don't get it; I worry about satisfying those who do.

I have always believed that the key to a happy marriage was the ability to say with a straight face, 'Why, I don't know what you're worrying about. I thought you were very funny last night and I'm sure everybody else did, too.

The more you know the better it gets. The more politics there is, the more you understand. Sometimes the races are terribly boring but what's going on off the track is great. And then it makes the race much more interesting.

We fear only what we haven’t understood.

Google might be doping the horses.

You can't really explain competing in Olympic event to someone. You can say, "Oh, that was really tough." And that literally means nothing to someone. If you can give some sort of comparison, because that's really all track and field is about any way....Usain Bolt runs a time and you get to see what everybody else's time is. It would just be interesting to compare Olympians to somebody who doesn't train their whole life.

Surprisingly, maybe the place I get recognised the least is the United States. America is not so big on track and field. Some recognise me there but lots don't.

Yes, what is it like? Certainly not like she dreamed. But maybe that's okay. We want what we want. At home, she works herself into a frenzy worrying about what she isn't--and perhaps loses track of just where she is.

At a certain point the audience shouldn't worry about catching every word and understanding every twist and turn, because at a certain point that's pretty much impossible.

We who run...are different from those who merely study us. We are out there experiencing what they are trying to put into words.

...we all must admit that everything is fine and there's no need in the world to worry, and in fact we should realize what it would mean to us to UNDERSTAND that we're not REALLY worried about ANYTHING.

If there's something you know and there's something you feel, but you can't quite express it, you will hear it somewhere. And you don't have to worry, because someone will get it sung out.