Although their deeds in the shirt of the national team may never have matched their promise, what they accomplished in the colours of some of the world's biggest clubs certainly validated their authenticity as individuals.
If European heads of government come good on their pledges on Thursday to expand Triton's remit, Leggeri nonetheless questions whether they would match their promises with the necessary assets.
There are a number of possible reasons for this: it is August, a traditionally quiet month in the City; big pension funds want to hold on to their long-dated gilts because they need them to match their promises to savers; also, many in the City were not expecting more QE from the Bank so soon after the referendum and were caught on the hop by the new bond-buying.
2016 budget co-rapporteurs Mr José Manuel Fernandes (EPP, PT) and Mr Gérard Deprez (ALDE, BE), as well as Ms Eider Gardiazábal Rubial (S&D, ES) in charge of the 2015 budget, call on member states to use the amount to match their promises and provide the money desperately needed to handle the refugee crisis.
Governments are unconvincingly shoring up expensive welfare states that have failed to match their promise.
The question arises when Venus and Serena, who no longer dominate the WTA Tour, are breezing at Wimbledon, where neither has dropped a set this year: are they that much better when the conditions suit them, or are their opponents just not very good — a deepening field of Eastern Europeans whose names befuddle American tongues and whose Grand Slam production seldom matches their promise?
We are in a fight for their future, and to make sure their opportunities match their promise.
Earl Manigault Don Cheadlee) rose with the likes of Lew Alcindor, Wilt Chamberlain, and Earl Monroe on the cement courts of Harlem in the late fifties, and matched their ability and promise.
Let them match their campaign promises with timely action.
Senior leaders need to help match their customer promise to the capabilities of the front line while listening closely so they can help align the culture, training, work processes and reward systems.
