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August 2, 2006

Confidence breeds confidence

During Bill Belichick's press conference with the media this morning, he was asked if he thought corner Ellis Hobbs was an overconfident player and if his position calls for a particulary self-assured player?

Belichick's response:
I’d say he’s confident. I’d definitely say he’s confident.
I think it certainly helps at corner, but I think it helps at every position. Confidence leads to more aggressiveness and confidence leads to a certain level of confidence to your teammates. So if you walk out there and the guy beside you is confident at what he does . . . assuming he can go out there and perform . . . that gives you a confidence.
Even if a guy’s a skilled player and he goes out there and you know that in his mind he’s not very confident, he doesn’t think he can do it . . . even though you know he’s a talented player, you’re walking out there saying, `I don’t know about this one.’
I don’t think there’s any position where (confidence) is really a negative. The only way it really hurts a player is if he’s just so confident that he doesn’t work hard and prepare and do the things that he needs to be a good player. He just kind of relies on his ability and says, `Well, I’ll get it done.’ But ultimately there’s a lot of other good players in the league that are going to catch up to that player and pass him.

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