Psychology Of Sports

Serena Williams: “I love doubters,” she said. “You know, I have a lot of people even close to me who doubt. I love doubters. More than anything, what I love, besides obviously winning, is proving people wrong.”

If you need you need to prove people wrong to generate mental energy–then you have you lack fire from within. What does it mean what other people say if you are secure in your own abilities? Proving people wrong can only carry you so far. Knowing yourself and what you are and want–carries you a lot further in the long run.

As a psychologist you got it in the last two posts and an article about her. As a sports fan I am definitely rooting for her to win–love what she brings to the game.

Serena Williams–”When you’re down, people sometimes try to kick you,” she said. “It’s like people get pleasure out of talking bad. You don’t just knock someone so hard when they’re trying just to make it. No one knows what I went through off the court. No one knows anything that I’ve been through.”

Dr. Lustberg’s analysis and interpretation of the above quote– I am angry and annoyed with the public who does not know anything about me or the struggles I have been through. The public gets psychological enjoyment out of taking stars( me) down. I would like a little more understanding.

Further thoughts—I think that people are jealous and filled with envy of others. It makes them feel better to take stars down. They build them up and then take them down to fullfill their won emotional needs. Serena Williams needs to decide if she wants to be a tennis star, movie star, clothing designer, or whatever else she wants to be. You cannot do all of them well at once–as she has found out.