In the face of layoffs, tumbling corporate profits, falling stock markets and shakier consumer confidence, no doubt remains that this legislation is needed.

I'm a big believer in confidence. There's no doubt it's going to be a tough test but we're doing well - 24 games unbeaten isn't bad, you know.

They're playing with a lot more confidence - there's no doubt about that. They are more match aware

I had been willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, ... But what confidence should we have in his ability to deal not only with a natural disaster, but with a terrorist threat in this country?

I never seek to defeat the man I am fighting, " he explained. "I seek to defeat his confidence. A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. Two men are equals - true equals - only when they both have equal confidence.

If we had not done that, there's no doubt we would have been slaughtered.