But impeccable judgement outside off-stump and a slice or two of luck saw him through those tentative beginnings.
His work saw him win five Oscars, while he received a Bafta fellowship in 2005.
His exchange with Stewart was the first time I saw him at a loss.
"I handed the ball off and just saw him on the ground after, " Manning said.
As for "Sam, " Arnold says he saw him hanging out in Chinatown in February.
That race - seen as one of the major Tour warm-ups - saw him dominate Armstrong.
By the time I saw him again, in November, he had a new daughter.
Then an injection of pace from Arshavin saw him test Hennessey with a stinging shot.
You never saw him stationary, holding onto a lectern like many people making a presentation.
He appeared pleasant enough to me, softly spoken, until I saw him at work.
They saw him as a tough character who would argue strongly for economic stability.
That was one of the few times that I saw him act like a father.
The neighbors who saw him told us he had some Indian guy with him.
His determination to clinch the deal saw him beat off rival competition from private equity firms.
He still moves the same way he did two years ago when I saw him.
Many saw him as the torch-bearer of the party's old ideology after Mr Lafontaine's exit.
But an inexplicable four-putt from four feet on the 13th saw him plummet down the leaderboard.
Farage's old friend from the City, Steven Spencer, also saw him soon after the air accident.
"When I saw him stretched out there in the snow, frozen, " Acevedo says, shaking his head.
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Wednesday saw him achieve his aim of halving the difference between Italy's and Germany's bond yields.
As I walked up, I saw him frantically waving people away from something on the ground.
Garcia's steady play in blustery conditions saw him reach the halfway stage on seven under.
He has also fired the imagination of young urban blacks who saw him as a role-model.
"I saw him play against us in the Carling Cup when we lost 4-1, " Eriksson said.
Later, a mother and her 7-year-old son walked by on their way to school and saw him.
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"I saw him poke check there and luckily I was able to go around him, " Santorelli said.
With 62.7% of the vote in 2009, no one really saw him eclipsing 70% the following year.
Sir Tasker's distinguished career saw him excel in the military, in the law and in public life.
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