Keep your mouth shut and do what you have/want to do

This is what I want to say to someone you probably know who he is and also to myself.
Silence is good-that's what I've heard from my elders since my childhood. As a kid from Asian culture I was not allowed to express my natural feelings, my true mind easily even if I was depressed or feeling unfair. That was the rule. That was the virtue. Of course, I didn't follow their advise: I was kinda a noisy kid until my late teens and my social image was not so good on the frames of my society IMO. And it was totally different with the real myself! I was known as an arrogant and careless girl but I was not. Maybe I was a bit arrogant but I was way too careful, annoyed by everything. People thought that I loved to communicate with others but it was not true. Making a new relationship was always so hard for me and keeping the relation? Oh, that was worse.
After having a couple of difficult years I realized that I should shut up at least in front of unfamiliar ones. It's not easy of course and I still make some mistakes like speaking too loud or butting in unnecessary situations, making things worse.
In the case of him I think there should be more care and silence. He's a kind of public figure-a world class athlete- and there are lots of relationships cannot be controlled by solely himself, especially the media. While showing good results it is OK but if he has a poor performance then the attacks would be so harsh. When dealing with media it is better to keep silent if you are not able to make a proper answer and it is extremely difficult-actually almost impossible-to make a flawless statement since they always eager to fine some wrongness which will increase the number of their subscriber, viewer, click, whatever. Basically they do not consider the reputations or feelings of the interviewee. That's the rule in media society, IMO. And their influences are phenomenal ; scars from media attacks cannot be cured by any means. The only way of being free from previous scratches is covering them with brand-new glories and it is really a labored work for sure.
So sometimes people need to shut their mouth and do what they want to do even though it would be considered a bit dull or timid. To prevent severe damage to one's social image and one's mind itself. Keep silent until making overwhelming results-that's what I always try to do but it's nearly impossible since I do not have enough abilities to make surprising ones. But he can do that for sure and that's why I want to say the title of this post to him. Personally I do not care what he says since I'm a fan of his performance, not his words or his behaviors. But it makes me so sad that he is considered to be a jerk. He surely deserves more respects as a talented athlete and it would be easier to get if he pays some attention to his words toward media.