Thus you will want to make sure that athletes don't base their self-worth on factors beyond their control. It makes no sense for them to perform well reach realistic process and performance goals, yet consider themselves failures because they lost; no does it make sense for them to perform poorly, win because of luck or a weak opponent, yet consider themselves successful. Great athletes avoid evaluating themselves on the basis of every win or loss. They set long-term objectives and measure their progress by evaluating their own performances in light of the quality of the competition, regardless of whether they win or lose. Athletes who use process and performance goals instead of outcome goals play with less anxiety and more self-confidence, concentrate and perform better, and feel more satisfied with their participation (Burton 1989, Pierce & Burton 1998 Sharples 1992)