EVEN Latvians' fans rarely call them exciting: with overachieving Estonians to the north and outspoken Lithuanians to the south, the middle one of the Baltic three often struggles for the limelight.
Whether he will ever again produce again the perception and the dynamism he displayed all those summers ago has to remain debatable but what was never in doubt in his opening statement was that he, along with his United team-mates Danny Welbeck and Tom Cleverley, were operating on a superior level to their hitherto overachieving opponents.
He said: "It's all about under-promising and overachieving.
This polished, determined, overachieving squad – embodied in their captain, Steven Davis – and assembled with intelligence and purpose by manager Michael O'Neill, have led Northern Ireland to their first-ever European Championship finals.
Equally ruthless is her sendup of overachieving New York women in feral pursuit of have-it-all motherhood without having first ascertained if they even like children.
The one time of the year when players are on the field but the games don't count — if there's any moment to ignore the off-the-field issues and dream of a crummy team overachieving, this is it.
Once known for overachieving one match and underachieving the next, Tipsarevic, 29, has developed into one of the more cerebral, disciplined players on the men's tour.
PAINT CREEK — Of all the stories Paint Creek natives tell about Little Ricky Perry, the mischief-making, overachieving hometown boy turned Republican presidential contender, the favorite (and possibly apocryphal) tale involves a six-man high school football game in which he was knocked flat by an opponent.
For all their successes, the Patriots were probably overachieving this season.
About the same time, Santana forced a trade from the underfunded, overachieving Twins to the Mets, a team trying to recover from a catastrophic September collapse.
For middle-class and affluent whites, overachieving Asian-Americans pose thorny questions about privilege and power, merit and opportunity.
