His self-confidence and self-possession come in part from the fact that he enjoys a life outside the world of sailing.
Mr Sharif's readiness to take the risk reflects his self-confidence.
Still, Barack Obama has long seemed in a class of his own when it comes to his self-confidence, seemingly born of a charmed life of extraordinary opportunities and, by and large, a lack of accountability for his actions.
But he was also a superb rider, winning a remarkable 191 races, including a record 42 stages in the Giro d'Italia, and he has lost nothing of his natural self-confidence and penchant for the sound-bite.
His own rootless childhood had made him extremely self-sufficient, and his natural confidence - some would say arrogance - has made him very sure about his own abilities and opinions.
Freshly sworn-in President Barack Obama exuded an easy self-confidence during his inauguration Tuesday.
To some, the choice demonstrates bipartisanship and conveys that Obama has the self-confidence in his leadership abilities to keep one of the more widely respected members of the Bush administration.
"At home his vision and leadership restored national self-confidence and brought some significant changes to U.S. politics, while abroad the negotiation of arms control agreements in his second term and his statesman-like pursuit of more stable relations with the Soviet Union helped bring about the end of the Cold War, " a statement from Blair's office said.
But she lacked the self-confidence to take up his fight to restore democracy on her own.
What to say about a president whose remarkable ability to function under self-imposed pressure seems to enhance his ability to inspire confidence in the public.
He began his business career as an accountant, and it was his attention to financial detail, combined with almost Napoleonic self-confidence, that then propelled him up the ladders of various big American companies.
Dyslexic like his dad, Craig struggled with school but showed early self-confidence. (He piloted the family yacht through the San Juan Islands when he was only 14.) In August 1969, when Craig was 19 and a sophomore at Stanford University, his father died of heart failure.
No general not even a self-conscious modernizer and communicator like Petraeus can win the confidence of his own soldiers through the quality of his doctrinal ideas.
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