Day 30 – Critics
We all have them. They are out there lurking. Waiting for you to slip up. They may not be very loud, but trust me they are out there.
But who cares!
As a basketball player, you will be bombarded with people who criticize your game; whether you are good or not. They are the jealous ones. The ones who love to sit back and criticize how you play. Matter of fact, the more success you have in this great game, the more you open yourself up for critics.
How do you deal with these poor souls?
You ignore them. Don’t let them stop you from reaching your goal.
The best players will be knocked. The best teams will be bashed. They’ll always be haters out there. You can’t do anything about them.
When you start listening to the voices of how you can’t do this, or how your team can’t win, that’s when you fall into their trap.
Everyone outside of your team has all the answers…so they think.
Former basketball coach John MacLeod once said, “the people who are the most critical, are the least knowledgeable.”
Message boards are common for the jealous basketball fan to vent. If someone does well, a critic will soon appear and write terrible things about the player or team. Best way to combat that, ignore it. If you are being criticized, you must be doing something right.
When you are on center stage, in front of people performing, expect and learn to accept criticism.
“The critic is one who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
-Oscar Wilde, Irish Poet
