I played football; I was a running back, and I took a hit, and I had a hairline fracture in my leg which no one spotted, and I was playing basketball all winter and it got worse. And then I was long jumping, about 20 feet, and I landed one time and there was this big crack, and all the bones were jutting out of my leg. Nick McDonell Read Quote
A degree of self-awareness is extremely valuable… I hope I have that going forward. Nick McDonell Read Quote
I’m not good enough to write about my friends, who are all brilliant and sophisticated. Nick McDonell Read Quote
Someone once accused me of slumming. I don’t know what that means. I play basketball. And through that, I get to see a world that is not smart-kid world. Nick McDonell Read Quote
I know that I work hard for the things that I do, and I really go to the places that I report on. Nick McDonell Read Quote
I’m interested in illuminating the enormous disparity between vast poverty and the tiny upper class… This vast inequity is unfair by definition, and I am interested in illuminating that and, where possible, changing that. Nick McDonell Read Quote
I was brought up to believe you should always live the most interesting life you can. Nick McDonell Read Quote
In the beginning of college I wanted to be an English major, but then I became interested in international relations. Nick McDonell Read Quote
