Unfortunately, people who have low self-esteem often do have the qualities they admire. They just can't see that they do because their self-image is trained that way.

不幸的是，自尊心低下的人通常都具有他们所倾慕的品质，只不过在长期的自我形象锻炼下他们已经看不到罢了。

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But men I admire in the game do hold him in high esteem and I'll take it on their authority that Gary is a good football man.

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