The Media
As an elite athlete, one of the best things you can do is stop paying attention to the media. Too often the media wastes your time, inflates your ego, causes complacency, increases pressure, or discourages you. You can maintain a much healthier mindset by blocking out the media. It's human nature to want to know what others think about you. Everyone has an ego and likes it when they receive attention from others. It can become addictive to check the media to see what people are thinking about you and your team. When you hear or read positive things, you may get happy. When you hear or read negative things, you may get angry, but still, you may want to check back everyday to continue hearing/reading the negative comments. At first, you may think this is harmless. You may even think it helps you. You may think it helps motivate you by providing positive reinforcement as well as "bulletin board material." But you'll be surprised at how fast it can spiral out of hand