One purpose of the McCloy Lecture is to remember C. H. McCloy. Previous presenters have provided excellent summaries of McCloy's career (Christina, 1999; Lee, 2002; Thomas, 2000) and highlighted his scientific and academic contributions to our field and the organization now known as the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. McCloy's work was theoretically driven, empirically based, and statistically grounded, and he is perhaps best remembered for his work on motor educability (i.e., the general ability to learn motor skills). In his 1940 article in the Research Quarterly, McCloy identified several factors related to motor educability, including "the ability, to make quick and adaptive decisions," which, he suggested "might be thought of as psycho-motor response speed" (p. 33). Although we may understand the concept of motor educability differently today, the importance of making quick decisions remains an important factor in sport and physical activity (Magill, 2001; Schmidt & Wrisberg, 2004). The goal of this article is to provide an overview of decision processes, particularly as they relate to the rapid selection of responses.