[magnus]

Respect/disrespect is overrated. 

Perhaps, but motivation is not.  I suspect that Haley's occasional lackluster performance is the result of intermittent lapses in motivation.  I want her to go into the tournament with a chip on her shoulder and something to prove.

If you can't get motivated for a national friggin championship, there's something wrong with you.  I agree with Phogge.

Haley may have some intermittent lapses (whether they are in motivation or nerves or focus or something else, I don't know that we can say).  But I would actually say there is a problem if a couple minutes into the game she is focused on not having been named an All American than on the game at hand.

From "The Last Dance", Jordan (and his teammates and opponents) acknowledged that he would conjure up slights just to motivate himself to dominate.

[magnus]

Respect/disrespect is overrated. 

Perhaps, but motivation is not.  I suspect that Haley's occasional lackluster performance is the result of intermittent lapses in motivation.  I want her to go into the tournament with a chip on her shoulder and something to prove.

If you can't get motivated for a national friggin championship, there's something wrong with you.  I agree with Phogge.

Haley may have some intermittent lapses (whether they are in motivation or nerves or focus or something else, I don't know that we can say).  But I would actually say there is a problem if a couple minutes into the game she is focused on not having been named an All American than on the game at hand.

From "The Last Dance", Jordan (and his teammates and opponents) acknowledged that he would conjure up slights just to motivate himself to dominate.