"This is a guy who had terrific timing, confidence, presence.
The Jayhawks (30-3) dodged becoming a piece of N.C.A.A. tournament history -- no top-seeded team has ever lost to a team seeded 16th -- only by wearing down a persistent Holy Cross team that came in with a terrific game plan and confidence borne in last year's near-upset of No. 2-seeded Kentucky.
But Zheng, a short yet powerfully built 20-year-old who became the first Chinese player to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam event at this year's French Open, has a lot of pluck, a lot of quickness and a lot of well-founded confidence in her terrific two-handed backhand.
"It carries such a great feeling when the judges say your bake is perfect, it gives you confidence and a terrific buzz".
And Pardew, who took charge in early January after leaving Newcastle, added: "We're in a terrific mood, in terms of confidence.
He continually got ahead of hitters with early strikes, he had a terrific curveball and he displayed the confidence he had been lacking.
"But right now he's in position as a senior to have a terrific year, and you can just see his confidence growing.
Still, Horizon and similar global funds are terrific for investors who don't have neither the self-confidence nor the time to attend to a portfolio of narrowly focused funds.
Mr. Aviv was spared and given a public vote of confidence, with Mr. Ross praising him for his "terrific filmmaker relationships and creative expertise".
Cook also continues to develop in one-day cricket, gaining in confidence, while Ravi Bopara has also had a terrific series and deserves to be picked for the South Africa Tests after the form he has shown.
Terrific because of the people I met and the confidence I gained.
