How elite athletes can turn criticism into rocket fuel

Motivation is a funny old thing. It can come from many different sources.

How elite athletes can turn criticism into rocket fuel

It can be intrinsic, meaning it comes from you personally, or it can be extrinsic, meaning it comes from something separate to you.

Last week I was driving from Cork to Dublin and to pass the journey I was listening to the Second Captains podcast. They were chatting about all kinds of topics but one that jumped out was sportspeople using criticism as a form of motivation. The ‘haters gonna hate’ attitude is seen so often in sport.

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