Pertaining to belief in the ability to win

Here is Coach Bob Walsh writing about one of his earlier teams going up against a DI opponent:

"...We went on the road with a mentality like we weren’t supposed to win – like winning on the road was really tough.  We didn’t have a lot of good reasons to believe we could win those games, because we never really did..."

Another snippet:

"...How do you get a group of people who don’t have a great history of success to believe in themselves? It’s a very tough challenge, because it’s hard to really believe in something until you’ve accomplished it..."

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