I think it hurt the guy's confidence, and it makes a guy question himself and not enjoy playing.
But when you get taken out that early, it hurts your confidence.
Put another way, having your stock price get knocked down by one-third hurts your confidence and makes you less bold.
"To play well never hurts your confidence," quarterback Kurt Warner said.
"It wasn't an easy decision, and I hope it doesn't hurt Mike's confidence."
All I can say is I feel like I'm the best guy out here, so it hasn't hurt my confidence.
Even when he's not getting the ice time every game as a regular shift, it hasn't hurt his confidence at all.
But Boeheim does not think the loss will hurt his team's confidence.
"But it doesn't hurt our confidence that we beat the first place team in our division tonight."
So this loss did not hurt the Dolphins' confidence?