Hessert, whose clients have included Shaquille O'Neal and Nascar driver JeffBurton, said most athletes she works with come to expect some degree of negativity.
Today, President Obama congratulated Jimmie Johnson on his fifth straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship and welcomed other 2010 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers, Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth, Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer, Kurt Busch and JeffBurton to the White House.