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KRISTEN BARRY I guess I started feeling it a little bit, but I just wanted to shoot with more confidence than I wa...
CHARLES ABOUO I was scared (when that happened). But it went in and that just gave me the confidence to make the s...
DOMINIK WILKINS I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me co...
MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL This event gave me more confidence. This was for me, no one else.
BRIAN DEEGAN I finally just got comfortable, that's all it was. Seeing one or two go in gave me confidence.
CHADD MOORE Last year was pretty much a surprise for him. It just gave him that little bit of taste.
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The most memorable engagement for me, I suppose, was an away-day to Leicester. I went without Willia...
KATE MIDDLETON That was big. It really gave us a little more confidence.
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I don't for a second regret my closeness to them because they were wonderful, golden parents who...
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HOLLY LONG![]()
I think I was probably not nervous but just a little apprehensive. Ultimately, the jumps just weren'...
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DANNY COYNE Coach has shown he has a lot more confidence in me. I've just got to prove I have a lot more confide...
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ANDREW PRATT![]()
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ERIC CLAPTON It was so much fun, I got to sit with Elton John and he gave me a ring.
LEANN RIMES It was just a little bit behind me, but I still should have made a play on it. I was thinking touchd...
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I've always had confidence. Before I was famous, that confidence got me into trouble. After I got fa...
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LAEL DANDAN I said the heck with it, I'm going to surrender. And I gave in. The game got me. I was trying so har...
JESPER PARNEVIK![]()
I've always had confidence. Before I was famous, that confidence got me into trouble. After I go...
BRUCE WILLIS I was so happy to hear from him, ... In the situation that I was in, any bit of good news brightens ...
KOREN ROBINSON I was apprehensive about bringing off this Homer.
PETER O'TOOLE It was just very calming, I became less anxious about what my next move was. I think it gave me brea...
COLSON WHITEHEAD I moved to New York first and was really apprehensive about moving to L.A., but I really, really lik...
KUMAIL NANJIANI He had plenty of time, and I had my pad down. I figured he would try to lift the puck, so I just lif...
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DAVE KERSCHBAUMER It means a lot. Finally I can say that I'm able to play and beat anyone, and it just gives me so muc...
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA I'm relieved. I had the worst possible start but then (captain) Guy (Forget) told me I was playing b...
NATHALIE DECHY It was real big. It gave me a whole lot of confidence, a reason for being here.
JAMEEL SEWELL It gave me confidence. I made some plays, and I competed.
DERRICK JOHNSON![]()
Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confi...
GORAN IVANISEVIC It gave us more confidence in ourselves.
ALEX PENNEKAMP It gave us more confidence in ourselves.
EVAN WILLIAMS This game gave me a lot more confidence at the net. But I'm still frustrated with the rest of my gam...
SAMANTHA MAHONEY It gave me a lot of confidence because I didn't really putt well yesterday.
CRISTIE KERR I felt really good about the 800. I had just ran a 1500 before that, so I think my time was pretty g...
LAUREN WILSON I was always superthin, too skinny, actually. I felt like someone could break me in half. I realize ...
ASHLEY TISDALE I knew he was struggling a little bit. Against (Ryan) Wilkes, ahead of me, he was staying outside pr...
ANTONE DEJESUS![]()
I was attempting to write the story of my life. It wasn't so much about plot. It was much more about...
DAVID LEVITHAN![]()
Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of thi...
STEVE PREFONTAINE![]()
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ALICE LOWE![]()
Even now, I still get a bit apprehensive before a game because I am worried about whether I have don...
JOHN MOTSON I hit the ball really solid today. I started off shaky, but kept the ball around the hole and gave m...
BOB GILDER![]()
There aren't any real dumb people in my voices. It's always irritated me about Hollywood dia...
JIM HARRISON I'm going to shoot a million a day this summer. I was an 85 percent shooter in high school, but this...
LINDSAY SCHRADER![]()
Everything I write about either I have gone through or I know somebody has gone through, so it's...
TORI KELLY When I first bought the truck seven years ago, business was very good. But it got steadily worse for...
ALEX GUTIERREZ My mum Margaret was a single parent, but though life was a bit of a struggle she gave me every encou...
ASHLEY JENSEN![]()
I have been presented with roles with demand not just a physical ability but mental disciplines as w...
MICHELLE YEOH![]()
I did a good bit of episodic television directing, but directing a movie is so much more complicated...
JASON BATEMAN![]()
I gave him a smile. I was aiming for sweet, but he turned a shade paler and scooted a bit farther fr...
ILONA ANDREWS The photo shoot I always feel a bit embarrassed about because I don't really know what to do wit...
SOPHIE OKONEDO It was hard at first knowing I couldn't get on the court. But I learned so much by practicing and wa...
AUDRA JEFFERS![]()
Mrs. Ford does it all with an amazing spirit, which is what I love about her so much. She doesn't go...
BETTY FORD I've always had [the jumper]. [Assistant coach Ron Adams] said if I'm open I can take it, so that ga...
LUKE SCHENSCHER I knew it would be all of those things and so much more to me, but it was his heart I was yanking fr...
RACHAEL WADE Dubai gave me a lot of confidence.
SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA The win against Juan Carlos gave me a lot of confidence, and I feel very good about my game right no...
NICOLAS ALMAGRO That gave me a lot of confidence and then I just started to chase more birdies. The key was that I d...
CATRIONA MATTHEW I always had an inferiority complex, like I wasn't good enough. I was shy. But dancing gave me s...
PATRICIA MCBRIDE She told me, 'It's just sex,' ... She flew to London to let me know how interested she was in the pa...
FERNANDO MEIRELLES She told me, 'It's just sex,' ... She flew to London to let me know how interested she was in the p...
FERNANDO MEIRELLES Coach deserved it more than anybody. He went through so much, we put him through so much that people...
JEFF GRANGER I feel like it's me singing back to myself as a younger person and saying have confidence in being a...
CORINNE BAILEY RAE![]()
If Davis Cup was a little bit less or once every two years, I would be more inclined to play. But th...
PETE SAMPRAS Win-loss records, we were right around .500 (early) but we got a lot more out of that. It was a grea...
JOE MARSH In a way, I think it was good. This year we have so much more experience and confidence. It's kind o...
KATRINA SOLOMON To me this was a shocking (birthday) present, like I was so scared but at least I came through it. T...
JOSHELYN VIVAS There's not so much pressure on one person anymore. We're not just sitting back watching one guy. We...
DALLAS CLARK I loved the music but didn't even imagine that (me joining) would work out. When The Envy Corps came...
BRANDON DARNER Very much so, I think going there, and the connections Coach Tyler had, and the staff on the field, ...
JUSTIN JARVIS![]()
There's such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I'm such a troublesome pe...
L.M. MONTGOMERY![]()
People used to think that private equity was basically just a compensation scheme, but it is much mo...
DAVID RUBENSTEIN I was a big troublemaker in the group. I put them through a lot of pain, but as much as I gave to th...
DEE DEE RAMONE The save gave our team a sense of relief that it didn't go in. It actually gave us some more confide...
MIKE ROWAN![]()
It took a bit of popcorn and a library snack bar to make me realize that being a librarian was about...
SCOTT DOUGLAS He was assaulted and robbed so I gave him a few more days to move out. He asked me for a few more da...
DWIGHT MILLER They're a little bit down. But I told them, just know that they came out and they gave their best. H...
COREY ROLLERSON![]()
I asked him why he gave me a girl's name, ... He told me it was the proper way to spell it. But no o...
JOHN MADDEN I was doing a bit that stupid people should be slapped. But the more I did it, the more I didn't...
BILL ENGVALL I came out early and struggled a little bit with the walks. I just tried to concentrate and make goo...
EDDIE DEGERMAN![]()
It gave me a strange feeling, and the rest of that night I didn’t say much, but merely sat there a...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON I like skirts that are sort of more bits of fabric, you know, just fluttering about. But trousers se...
RICHARD NOTT (Mrs. Peterson) gave me the confidence.
DYLAN MCCARTHY Actually, it went better than I expected. I was a little apprehensive. I wasn't real excited when I ...
JEFF BAGWELL It was always a dream of mine. Since I was a player, I wanted to come back and give back to the prog...
JENN NATALE They have you outnumbered just a little bit. Now it is safer, I suppose, than throwing a pass, but y...
MIKE HOLMGREN I was a little apprehensive. But I was confident in John's abilities and I knew she would be safe.
CAROL MATURO This is probably one of those games where I thought less about my numbers and less about my game. It...
COURTNEY PARIS That was a big concern at first. I know in the grand scheme of things that sports really don't mean ...
MEL GARDNER
BRIAN O'DRISCOLL Once I got the first one, it gave me more confidence. I was in a zone and I just wanted the ball.
KRISTEN BARRY I guess I started feeling it a little bit, but I just wanted to shoot with more confidence than I wa...
CHARLES ABOUO I was scared (when that happened). But it went in and that just gave me the confidence to make the s...
DOMINIK WILKINS I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me co...
MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL This event gave me more confidence. This was for me, no one else.
BRIAN DEEGAN I finally just got comfortable, that's all it was. Seeing one or two go in gave me confidence.
CHADD MOORE Last year was pretty much a surprise for him. It just gave him that little bit of taste.
DONNY PEEK
The most memorable engagement for me, I suppose, was an away-day to Leicester. I went without Willia... KATE MIDDLETON That was big. It really gave us a little more confidence.
ANNIE STALZER Both teams were a little apprehensive. It was a bit of a checkers match at first.
JERRY YORK I always felt that sci-fi and fantasy were my thing. Bit of a geek, I'm afraid. But I like creat...
SAMANTHA SHANNON My parents were apprehensive about me traveling abroad, with terrorism and other problems. But they ...
CHERYL BAKER I think they took the wind out of our sails when they scored that goal after we dominated the first ...
OLAF KOLZIG
I don't for a second regret my closeness to them because they were wonderful, golden parents who... MIRIAM MARGOLYES I said I would do all the films about the commercials, and the films about ball-bearings and Ford tr...
KAREL REISZ I think that settled everybody down a little bit. It also gave us a lot of confidence. It was anothe...
HOLLY LONG
I think I was probably not nervous but just a little apprehensive. Ultimately, the jumps just weren'... SASHA COHEN He gave me a lot of confidence. I remember after the sixth game, Whitey Ford beat us and I said to P...
JOHNNY PODRES That gave me a lot of confidence. It was a great opportunity for me, and I'm really thankful I was a...
DANNY COYNE Coach has shown he has a lot more confidence in me. I've just got to prove I have a lot more confide...
DONELL TAYLOR I hope it's a good sign. It gave me a lot of confidence going to Cleveland. Almost too much, though....
ANDREW PRATT
I tried when I was 13, when my grandparents gave me an acoustic guitar, and I tried for a year. It h... ERIC CLAPTON It was so much fun, I got to sit with Elton John and he gave me a ring.
LEANN RIMES It was just a little bit behind me, but I still should have made a play on it. I was thinking touchd...
DEVIN AROMASHODU
I've always had confidence. Before I was famous, that confidence got me into trouble. After I got fa... BRUCE WILLIS After about two weeks of healthy eating, it became a habit for us. Now, I have so much more energy a...
LAEL DANDAN I said the heck with it, I'm going to surrender. And I gave in. The game got me. I was trying so har...
JESPER PARNEVIK
I've always had confidence. Before I was famous, that confidence got me into trouble. After I go... BRUCE WILLIS I was so happy to hear from him, ... In the situation that I was in, any bit of good news brightens ...
KOREN ROBINSON I was apprehensive about bringing off this Homer.
PETER O'TOOLE It was just very calming, I became less anxious about what my next move was. I think it gave me brea...
COLSON WHITEHEAD I moved to New York first and was really apprehensive about moving to L.A., but I really, really lik...
KUMAIL NANJIANI He had plenty of time, and I had my pad down. I figured he would try to lift the puck, so I just lif...
CRISTOBAL HUET We lost a little bit of confidence I think. All year long we told them to play with confidence. Toni...
DAVE KERSCHBAUMER It means a lot. Finally I can say that I'm able to play and beat anyone, and it just gives me so muc...
DANIELA HANTUCHOVA I'm relieved. I had the worst possible start but then (captain) Guy (Forget) told me I was playing b...
NATHALIE DECHY It was real big. It gave me a whole lot of confidence, a reason for being here.
JAMEEL SEWELL It gave me confidence. I made some plays, and I competed.
DERRICK JOHNSON
Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confi... GORAN IVANISEVIC It gave us more confidence in ourselves.
ALEX PENNEKAMP It gave us more confidence in ourselves.
EVAN WILLIAMS This game gave me a lot more confidence at the net. But I'm still frustrated with the rest of my gam...
SAMANTHA MAHONEY It gave me a lot of confidence because I didn't really putt well yesterday.
CRISTIE KERR I felt really good about the 800. I had just ran a 1500 before that, so I think my time was pretty g...
LAUREN WILSON I was always superthin, too skinny, actually. I felt like someone could break me in half. I realize ...
ASHLEY TISDALE I knew he was struggling a little bit. Against (Ryan) Wilkes, ahead of me, he was staying outside pr...
ANTONE DEJESUS
I was attempting to write the story of my life. It wasn't so much about plot. It was much more about... DAVID LEVITHAN
Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of thi... STEVE PREFONTAINE
For me, my films are not like my children. They are like my ex-wife. They gave me so much; I gave th... ALFONSO CUARON I think 'Sightseers' was a bit of an epiphany, a massive learning curve, and it gave me load...
ALICE LOWE
Even now, I still get a bit apprehensive before a game because I am worried about whether I have don... JOHN MOTSON I hit the ball really solid today. I started off shaky, but kept the ball around the hole and gave m...
BOB GILDER
There aren't any real dumb people in my voices. It's always irritated me about Hollywood dia... JIM HARRISON I'm going to shoot a million a day this summer. I was an 85 percent shooter in high school, but this...
LINDSAY SCHRADER
Everything I write about either I have gone through or I know somebody has gone through, so it's... TORI KELLY When I first bought the truck seven years ago, business was very good. But it got steadily worse for...
ALEX GUTIERREZ My mum Margaret was a single parent, but though life was a bit of a struggle she gave me every encou...
ASHLEY JENSEN
I have been presented with roles with demand not just a physical ability but mental disciplines as w... MICHELLE YEOH
I did a good bit of episodic television directing, but directing a movie is so much more complicated... JASON BATEMAN
I gave him a smile. I was aiming for sweet, but he turned a shade paler and scooted a bit farther fr... ILONA ANDREWS The photo shoot I always feel a bit embarrassed about because I don't really know what to do wit...
SOPHIE OKONEDO It was hard at first knowing I couldn't get on the court. But I learned so much by practicing and wa...
AUDRA JEFFERS
Mrs. Ford does it all with an amazing spirit, which is what I love about her so much. She doesn't go... BETTY FORD I've always had [the jumper]. [Assistant coach Ron Adams] said if I'm open I can take it, so that ga...
LUKE SCHENSCHER I knew it would be all of those things and so much more to me, but it was his heart I was yanking fr...
RACHAEL WADE Dubai gave me a lot of confidence.
SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA The win against Juan Carlos gave me a lot of confidence, and I feel very good about my game right no...
NICOLAS ALMAGRO That gave me a lot of confidence and then I just started to chase more birdies. The key was that I d...
CATRIONA MATTHEW I always had an inferiority complex, like I wasn't good enough. I was shy. But dancing gave me s...
PATRICIA MCBRIDE She told me, 'It's just sex,' ... She flew to London to let me know how interested she was in the pa...
FERNANDO MEIRELLES She told me, 'It's just sex,' ... She flew to London to let me know how interested she was in the p...
FERNANDO MEIRELLES Coach deserved it more than anybody. He went through so much, we put him through so much that people...
JEFF GRANGER I feel like it's me singing back to myself as a younger person and saying have confidence in being a...
CORINNE BAILEY RAE
If Davis Cup was a little bit less or once every two years, I would be more inclined to play. But th... PETE SAMPRAS Win-loss records, we were right around .500 (early) but we got a lot more out of that. It was a grea...
JOE MARSH In a way, I think it was good. This year we have so much more experience and confidence. It's kind o...
KATRINA SOLOMON To me this was a shocking (birthday) present, like I was so scared but at least I came through it. T...
JOSHELYN VIVAS There's not so much pressure on one person anymore. We're not just sitting back watching one guy. We...
DALLAS CLARK I loved the music but didn't even imagine that (me joining) would work out. When The Envy Corps came...
BRANDON DARNER Very much so, I think going there, and the connections Coach Tyler had, and the staff on the field, ...
JUSTIN JARVIS
There's such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I'm such a troublesome pe... L.M. MONTGOMERY
People used to think that private equity was basically just a compensation scheme, but it is much mo... DAVID RUBENSTEIN I was a big troublemaker in the group. I put them through a lot of pain, but as much as I gave to th...
DEE DEE RAMONE The save gave our team a sense of relief that it didn't go in. It actually gave us some more confide...
MIKE ROWAN
It took a bit of popcorn and a library snack bar to make me realize that being a librarian was about... SCOTT DOUGLAS He was assaulted and robbed so I gave him a few more days to move out. He asked me for a few more da...
DWIGHT MILLER They're a little bit down. But I told them, just know that they came out and they gave their best. H...
COREY ROLLERSON
I asked him why he gave me a girl's name, ... He told me it was the proper way to spell it. But no o... JOHN MADDEN I was doing a bit that stupid people should be slapped. But the more I did it, the more I didn't...
BILL ENGVALL I came out early and struggled a little bit with the walks. I just tried to concentrate and make goo...
EDDIE DEGERMAN
It gave me a strange feeling, and the rest of that night I didn’t say much, but merely sat there a... HUNTER S. THOMPSON I like skirts that are sort of more bits of fabric, you know, just fluttering about. But trousers se...
RICHARD NOTT (Mrs. Peterson) gave me the confidence.
DYLAN MCCARTHY Actually, it went better than I expected. I was a little apprehensive. I wasn't real excited when I ...
JEFF BAGWELL It was always a dream of mine. Since I was a player, I wanted to come back and give back to the prog...
JENN NATALE They have you outnumbered just a little bit. Now it is safer, I suppose, than throwing a pass, but y...
MIKE HOLMGREN I was a little apprehensive. But I was confident in John's abilities and I knew she would be safe.
CAROL MATURO This is probably one of those games where I thought less about my numbers and less about my game. It...
COURTNEY PARIS That was a big concern at first. I know in the grand scheme of things that sports really don't mean ...
MEL GARDNER
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