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I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.

I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.

Confidence is the number one thing I find attractive.

I couldn't bear it if anyone knew I had hardly any self-confidence at all.

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.

Confidence is something you're born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

I used to say in the cabinet room, 'confidence is not like a can of Popeye spinach - you can't take the top off and swallow it down.' You know, confidence has to be earned.

There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't cross that line, but I have a lot of confidence in myself.

Confidence was never in short supply in my case. If anything, I think I overshot the mark with confidence way too early in my career, and gradually, it's about just getting more humble and wanting to sit down more.