Crowds forget fast, both the boos and the cheers. Build on something that lasts longer.

Public reaction is loud and extremely short-lived. The people who were delighted with you in October have no memory of it by spring, and the ones who were brutal have moved on just as fast. Building your sense of yourself on that is like building on weather. Whatever you keep after the noise dies is the part that was yours.

Pick one thing to measure yourself by that does not depend on an audience: whether you got better, whether you kept your word, whether you would respect how you played. Check that after the next game or test. It is a slower scoreboard that holds still.