negativity

“Never once did I hear any negativity in his voice,” Porter said.

While declining to delve into “certain details,” the Grammy-winning songstress said, “It definitely doesn’t get any easier, seeing some of the negativity that was birthed by disreputable tabloids.”

“It just creates a negativity. And the people who are much more open about, ‘Hey, I’ve got an issue, “Hey, I'm feeling a certain way’ . . . ultimately, whether they work out or not, benefit from that.”

“Obviously, people, you know, seek a lot of negativity around our team, and it is what it is,” he said.

In trying times, Washington has worked to prevent negativity from invading players’ psyches.