I see it as this.
That person is trying to let you down, so why let them win? They are dragging you into a game that you don't realize. That game's objective is to get you to play with them. All you have to do is bite their bait, and they win.
Negative remarks are nothing but objectives to put you down. So when you see someone trying to put you down, realize it and do the opposite. I see that they are trying to hurt me, so I don't let them and I deny taking them seriously.
The only way to win this is to not play the game, and base your whole life on not doing anything because people made negative remarks to or about you. I never include the people who tried to let me down in my successes.
I hate it when people say, "this is to all the people who said I couldn't make it." or anyone who addresses their "haters".
Don't give credit to those assholes, them being wrong isn't the point, you're giving them credit for something you did on your own. They're going to feel a sense of accomplishment, knowing they got to you.
Never let the shitty people in the world hurt you. Fuck words. They're only letters put together to make sentences, that are put together that make paragraphs, that turn into what, something you're required to feel emotions about? You can choose.