This has to be the most irresponsible and laughable excuse fabricated to explain for the failure of an athlete.
Do you know why Laos never catch up with other countries in everything?
Because they don't like to complain or criticize... whether it is good or bad... they seem to enjoy giving each other useless complement. NO CRITICISM. How can you improve if you always complement each other?
If you want to be successful, you need to be tough, be harsh. Otherwise you will never be motivated to change for the better because you think you are improving but actually you are not!