Moreover, the general manager believed it, talking confidently of Stanley Cup potential on March 5.

Nevertheless, President Bush presumed to talk confidently about his new world order for the next "American century."

Iraqi officials have been talking confidently of closing the book on sanctions this year.

The Knicks talked confidently after tonight's game, but the Bulls played with confidence tonight.

The Bulls talked confidently about Sunday, and who could blame them?

With 60 patents to his name and 20 pending, he talks confidently of bigger things to come: novel batteries, cars, spacecraft.

We are talking confidently about getting into the Sinai, and we have no idea how God is going to do it.

Until then, traders had been talking confidently about Mr. Bush's ability to reduce the budget deficit.

Davis talked confidently in Detroit, predicting that the judges would vote according to performance, rather than reputation.

Daly said after Sunday's game that the Nets were foolish to talk so confidently before the series.