Yet, along with this grew modesty, humility, and respect for the other guy along with a compassion for the fellow players.
Celtic are a team growing in stature and, despite his modesty, Neil Lennon is a manager doing likewise.
Modesty was not a flower growing in the fertile grounds of the speechwriters in Paris.
Personal modesty, which Avi Loeb said he learned growing up on a farm.
Perhaps that modesty is a result of Mr. Kelly's growing up the 10th of 12 children.
"Growing up as a dancer, you're immune from modesty," she says with a laugh.
Mr. Hazanavicius accomplishes this with not only showy ambition but also a winning modesty that grows out of an appreciation that popular art is, above all, about the efficient and inventive delivery of fun.
The Jewish and family culture I grew up in had a fundamental modesty".
The "starchitect," a neologism that seemed to define the decade, also became something of a dirty word, as momentum grew for a new kind of modesty and problem-solving, rather than flamboyance and busted budgets.
Nonetheless, living with an Armenian father, I grew to understand key elements of that culture: tradition, modesty, personal reserve and propriety about the way certain things are done.
But the jukebox pace grew wearing, as did Mr. Beck's unwanted modesty.
