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If you go in with your head down, they read that and lack confidence.

But people lack confidence in their leadership, and so we must see.

They are a team that lacked confidence, especially on defense.

They lack confidence when it comes to making good decisions about money.

No matter how smart they were, many of them seemed to lack confidence.

When Perry gets on the green, he does not lack confidence.

Someone asked if he found himself lacking confidence in one set of plays over another.

All these wild elements, yet he had a sense of power and did not lack confidence.

Consumers often lack confidence because they do not know what is happening.

Reyes has worked hard to learn English, and he does not lack confidence.

Though quieter than the boys, the girls did not lack confidence.

"But if people lack confidence in our ability to do something to help that child, they are often reluctant to come to us," she said.

They lacked confidence or did not care to increase their investments.

Older people may have the necessary skills and ability but possibly lack confidence.

Consequently, we may lack confidence and feel less able to risk rejection.

But many rural women, who have not had formal education, often lack confidence to speak out.

The report also appears to lack confidence in the sector's own capacity for development.

In the classroom, she lacks confidence and often asks her mother for help after school.

He is equally comfortable with the ball at his feet and does not lack confidence.

Even Bo, who does not lack confidence, appears a bit surprised.

Hill went on to single out four players he said were either awful or lacked confidence.

The French feel let down by their legendary elites and lack confidence in themselves.

While some have a good grasp of how to use computers already, many lack confidence in their ability to learn something new.

Lila is very attractive, but seems to lack confidence in herself.

"The current leaders are lacking in confidence, and their power is weak."

If you are lacking in confidence ask yourself what most frightens you.

'There's no point feeling sorry for yourself when you are lacking in confidence.

For the first time Joe realised that Tony had really been lacking in confidence.

"I think we were lacking in confidence and Tim gave the whole team some of that, on both sides of the ball," Oliver said.

On the other hand, the horse that is low in self-esteem, low in self-respect, will be lacking in confidence and aggression.

If a horse encounters a strange object and is lacking in confidence, it will extend his head and neck to allow investigation of the object.

Her vision is clouded by glaucoma and her halting steps, like her quiet, slurred speech, are lacking in confidence.

DrJazz, Agreed that no need to rant, but I think that Ed is lacking in confidence at these meetings.

The Pairs class can be useful if your horse is lacking in confidence or rather lazy, as you can go round the course with an experienced friend to lead the way.

Edrich appeared to be lacking in confidence due to his recent run of low scores, and thus hesitant to play with any attacking intent, whereas Crapp was usually circumspect.

The "Saints" had struggled all season and the team was lacking in confidence; this affected Selston who had a tendency to "part with the ball either hurriedly or prematurely".

Andrew Leahey of Allmusic gave the album a rating of three stars out of a possible five, and felt Colfer's performance on "Blackbird" was lacking in confidence.

The judges noted that Craig and Amy both had mixed records on the hidden-camera challenges, but that Amy was lacking in confidence and had spoken about Liz behind her back.

Donna was recently caught out by Jason Byrne on the Irish television show Anonymous, when Bazil Ashmawy disguised himself as a shy man in his early thirties who was lacking in confidence and needed Donna's help to overcome this problem.

The opposite problem is experienced by those who are lacking in confidence, who feel that they should not worry other people with their problems and who, if they finally make an appointment, tend to rush through it and come away without covering all the points with which they had really hoped to deal.