I'm optimistic this team is going in the right direction".
REBOUNDS Kurt Thomas sounded much less optimistic than team officials about his potential return this season.
Terry Bradway, the Jets' general manager, said that even though he remained optimistic, the team still had to prove itself on the field.
And while Wylonis had previously talked about aiming for a million users by now when last we spoke (this time last year), which was clearly overly optimistic, the team can chalk up lessons learnt about the power of the selfie as an engagement mechanism — giving them one telling metric for doubling down on photo-sharing now.
The following season, Black was part of an optimistic Athletics team, so much so that coach Earle Mack felt that Black, Newsom, Flores, and Russ Christopher were the best quartet of starting pitchers in the league.
Cavs Coach David Blatt is optimistic his team will adjust to new acquisitions Timofey Mozgov, J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert while getting healthy, with progressively better play over the next two weeks, the two weeks after that and so on.
For those keeping score, some pitchers and catchers will begin holding official workouts next Monday in Florida and Arizona, and fans can begin feeling optimistic about teams that will inevitably leave them frustrated and fuming.
I don't know at what point I was certain that breastfeeding wasn't working but Husband - bless his optimistic, Go-Team enthusiasm - just wanted to be positive.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – Woody Johnson, the Jets' owner, said he was "very optimistic" that the team would rebound from its disappointing 2011 season but declined to discuss the consequences for Rex Ryan and Mike Tannenbaum if the team misses the playoffs for a second consecutive year.
