"I think people think that Asian-Americans are really good at hive-mentality stuff — you know, like, in entertainment maybe they're good at 'America's Best Dance Crew' dancing, or, like, tennis — but not at being truly innovative and having something to say that will create a cultural Zeitgeist.
"He has to deal with the Russian mentality, with stuff he's not used to, working with people who don't understand him most of the time".
It had an eerie feel to it, it was mob mentality, intimidation stuff".
It's difficult to revolt against the get-more-stuff mentality if that isn't your country's way of life.
"That's when I really got that killer basketball mentality and when good stuff started to happen to me," he says.
"I've been through some rough stuff, but the mentality I have now, I could do some things with music.
Alex Ochoa, the former outfielder and now the first-base coach of the Red Sox, said he always thought Kuroda had the stuff and the mentality to pitch in the United States.
Joining Samsung in the mentality of "Lets announce small stuff before MWC so that people don't notice our gigantic leaks" is Sony Ericsson, who has gone ahead and announced the W395 Walkman phone.
England very much have this siege mentality, they will blank all this stuff and concentrate on winning here and winning 4-0 Australiaustralia, which they've never done".
Photograph by Grant Cornett for The New Yorker While Hanley has a tinkerer's mentality — there's a hyperbaric chamber stuffed behind his couch — he's a dedicated researcher.
While Hanley has a tinkerer's mentality — there's a hyperbaric chamber stuffed behind his couch — he's a dedicated researcher.
