it's an article repeating something that all intelligent people know and that is that MOST people are stupid and perpetually insecure. that the opinion of the stupid person is of no value. if humanity had this tucked away there would never be another bar fight, but....
Hayhurst did go a little out of his way to make sure that it was not to be construed as a shot at JPA, which is fine, but I dont think JPA will see it that way.
if you are a top athlete you have to be able to let things just bounce, the adulation as well as the defecation and find your value in your own heart.
JPA's problem is that lately even he realizes he is a steaming sack of s***. it's been boiling in him for a while and even though he has been coming out saying that he is great, deep in his heart he knows he is not the player he thought he was. that's why the defensive shots came out. not because JPA was feeling offended. he's questioning his self worth for the first time in his life and after he has been weighed and measured, he has come up oh so short of who he pictured himself to be. he just doens't know how to deal with it. he's been fawned over since he was a prepubescent youngster and now the world is telling him something different and the fact he knows they are right is killing him.