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• a  having or marked by confidence or assurance
  a confident speaker
  a confident reply
  his manner is more confident these days
  confident of fulfillment
• s  persuaded of; very sure
  was confident he would win
• s  not liable to error in judgment or action

• convinced
• positive
• surefooted
• sure-footed

• diffident

News & Articles

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• RSL confident in Carlos Salcedo at center back
  RSL confident in Carlos Salcedo at center back by Aaron Falk The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 21, 2013 09:49PM MDT Sandy • Kwame Watson-Siriboe is recovering from surgery. Chris Schuler limped around Friday’s training with a boot on his left foot. So against the Seattle Sounders on Saturday, it could very well be up to Carlos Salcedo to try to slow down some dangerous mixture of Eddie Johnson ...
  June 22, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
• Cricket-Clarke confident of returning to action against Somerset
  June 21 (Reuters) - Australia captain Michael Clarke is confident he will recover from a back injury in time to play in their first warm-up match for the Ashes series. The recurring problem forced Clarke to miss the Champions Trophy and led to speculation that Australia's most prolific run-scorer in recent times could miss some of the five-test Ashes series in England, which starts at Trent ...
  June 21, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Sports
• SoftBank confident Sprint deal will close in July
  By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Corp CEO Masayoshi Son said on Friday he was confident his company's acquisition of Sprint Nextel Corp will be completed in early July after rival bidder Dish Network Corp failed to make a counter move this week. SoftBank, a Japanese mobile network operator, is heading into the home stretch as it tries to push through Japan's biggest ever acquisition ...
  June 21, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Stephen Harper in Globe and Mail
  But, in a statement, he said: "David Johnston represents the best of Canada. He represents hard work, dedication, public service and humility. I am confident he will continue to embody these traits in his new role as the Crown's representative in...
• Amare Stoudemire in New York Times
  Totally comfortable, totally confident,he said. "And my leadership qualities will uplift all of us."
• President Bush in CNN
  Steroids have sullied the game, and players and the owners must take the Mitchell report seriously; I'm confident they will,Bush said. "And my hope is that this report is a part of putting the 'steroid era' of baseball behind us."