Toni Duggan Quotes

Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better.

It's human nature that if you get 20 positive comments and one negative one, you're going to focus on the negative. We all do that. It can be something that drags you down. It's easy to get bogged down with it, but I try to concentrate on the good things.

It's a healthy thing to get some bad criticism. I'm still here and I'm fine, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't get to you reading the negative stuff.

The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself.

I stay off the Internet, because I'm very sensitive to commentary. There could be 10 comments of 'Fabulous job!' and one 'She's horrible!' and it completely throws me.

I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive.

I'm not a trash-talker.

I got really depressed when Sidney Moncrief lost to Larry Bird. That really depressed me.

Negative feedback can make people feel inferior.

If someone hurts me on social media, I want to tell them that they've hurt me. I believe you should say what you're feeling. We should all do that, but what I've also realized is that even a negative comment is from a person who is trying to reach out. When I reply, maybe I'm reminding them that there's a deeper meaning to what they're doing.

All players want nice things to be said and written about them and you have to take the reverse in equal measure.

I actually don't mind a bit of football banter from opposing fans. In fact, I quite like getting hammered by supporters of other clubs. But it's when you get it from your own fans that it's not nice.

If you play football and fans are booing or saying negative stuff, it makes me play better.

You can have 10 nice comments today, and it's that one nasty comment that you're gonna hang on to.

I am not an actor who enjoys negative comments on other heroes.

Shaming people isn't productive. That makes you feel bad about yourself.

It doesn't 'hurt' me, hearing criticism from ex-players. It probably disappoints me a little bit more.

I can talk, I can express myself. But many times when people are talking just to talk, to say negative things, I don't like it because this is not a negative sport.

Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they may at times be necessary.

Nobody really likes to be lectured a lot. And, therefore, if you want to be an effective person, what you don't do is scold the person publicly all the time.

I don't like to say mean things about people's hard work.

Sir, there is no end of negative criticism.

Consider carefully before you say a hard word to a man, but never let a chance to say a good one go by. Praise judiciously bestowed is money invested.

You're happy that people are seeing your work. As for the critics, it really hurts when they knock you.

Praise is sometimes a good thing for the diffident and the despondent. It teaches them properly to rely on the kindness of others.