"I had to put more in myself, but I didn't have it, " he says.
And I can say this because I have seen it happen in myself and countless others.
"I've been knackered, but I've just got a wee bit of belief in myself, " he said.
Recognizing this bias in myself, however, I am alert to any signs that I am slipping.
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And what that unlocked in this organization and in myself I could never have imagined.
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Having someone in my life who really believed in me made me believe in myself.
But I also noticed my feeling of strength, and of trust in my observations and in myself.
"I deserved it, I was ready for this win and I believed in myself, " Fenninger told reporters.
Trust in myself to be able to talk about how I am feeling about aspects of our relationship.
"The main thing that boxing has done for me is to make me believe in myself, " he said.
But I think I've got a lot more belief in myself now when I'm going down the stretch.
"We always kept believing in the team, and the car, and I kept believing in myself, " the German told BBC Sport.
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"I've always had faith in myself and so have the management, " he said.
But I'm disappointed in myself which isn't helping my mentality, so I just need to regroup and do it again.
"It has given me a lot of confidence in myself and makes me feel useful and worthwhile, " he told CNN.
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What mattered was how hard I was willing to work, and how deeply I was willing to believe in myself.
My being disappointed in myself that day taught me the importance of being totally responsible for my actions in the future.
And it was the strength of my confidence in myself that brought me through what could have been a self-esteem-bashing, demoralizing situation.
As I observe this dynamic (not only in others, but in myself), I see the power of our belief in these negative assessments.
"I have faith and confidence in myself but others need to have those as well to give me a chance, " said the player.
It's something I happen to believe in myself and I've always voted for as an MP and you will see the proposals in due course.
"Certain behaviors cause a great deal of pain in myself and those who are victimized by those behaviors, especially our family and my wife, " he wrote.
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"I've always believed in myself, but being in the frame for England is still a shock, looking at where I've come from", he's told BBC Radio Shropshire.
The more I am alone with the Alone, the more I surrender to ambivalence, to happy contradictions and seeming inconsistencies in myself and almost everything else, including God.
"It definitely helped to bring a lot of inner confidence in myself, knowing that I can do it, " said the 23-year-old, who will play 54th-ranked Romanian Monica Niculescu.
Today am showing great improvement in myself, having been tested to the max emotionally with mental, physical and just about everything else life throws at you from time to time.
"Sometimes, when players don't play they think the coach is unhappy with them but he always made me believe in myself and to try harder, even if I didn't play, " explained Bellion.
"I hope this will give me confidence to go in there and believe in myself a bit more than I have in the past and give myself a shot at winning, " he said.
There have been doors as you can see from my background all along my way because I was so fortunate to have a wonderful family, wonderful parents, and wonderful people who often times saw more in me than I saw in myself all along my way.
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