IT IS NOT the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better.
That is an extract from a powerful speech, delivered in Paris in 1910, by former US President, Theodore Roosevelt. It is entitled Citizenship in a Republic though is more commonly known as The Man in the Arena.
The meaning of the speech carries through to this day and I believe that boxing spectators who are frequently critical should read
