I would rather be a self motivating "douche" than a copy and paste "true supporter" any day of the week.
Outsiders can inspire you but motivation should always come from within.
Not a student of history then ... the human condition has always contained the element that people will always sacrifice and give more when the cause is greater than self ....
Whether that be for a non existent God .... an ideal .. or King and Country ... or village and loved ones .... or simply not letting your team mates down ...
Britain conquered 3/4 of the known World with a handful of Welsh singers and a few Scots who would rather have been home shagging sheep ...