Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
I can't live my life worrying about something that might never happen.
I'm trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can't worry about someone else's house.
Confidence is only born out of one thing demonstrated ability. It is not born of anything else. You cannot dream up confidence. You cannot fabricate it. You cannot wish it. You have to accomplish it.
I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
I just try to do the best job I possibly can - put the blinders on, go to work and be the best you can possibly be. Once you have done everything that you possibly can - you've put forth your greatest effort - then I can live with whatever's next.