Self-effacing

Self-effacing and soft spoken, Lee omits that he was named company president in 1983 and only mentions his regard for his boss, William Reynolds: He's a mentor, and a friend.

Anisha Lakhani: Newton Running's CEO Jerry Lee: The All-American Stride Anisha Lakhani 2011

Self-effacing and soft spoken, Lee omits that he was named company president in 1983 and only mentions his regard for his boss, William Reynolds: He's a mentor, and a friend.

Anisha Lakhani: Newton Running's CEO Jerry Lee: The All-American Stride Anisha Lakhani 2011

Self-effacing, popular with her peers and a world-class motor mouth in news conferences, Kuznetsova decided to make a major life decision and return to live in Moscow after basing herself at the Sanchez-Casals Academy in Barcelona since age 13.

Kuznetsova wastes no time in topping Safina for French title 2009

Self-effacing and soft spoken, Lee omits that he was named company president in 1983 and only mentions his regard for his boss, William Reynolds: He's a mentor, and a friend.

Anisha Lakhani: Newton Running's CEO Jerry Lee: The All-American Stride Anisha Lakhani 2011

Self-effacing and soft spoken, Lee omits that he was named company president in 1983 and only mentions his regard for his boss, William Reynolds: He's a mentor, and a friend.

Anisha Lakhani: Newton Running's CEO Jerry Lee: The All-American Stride Anisha Lakhani 2011

Self-effacing, gracious, remarkably devoid of ego.

Richard Greene: Critiquing the President on Leno and 60 Minutes 2009

Psychiatry 3 (1940): 361 – 387; “The Self-effacing Zuni of New Mexico.”

Ruth Leah Bunzel. 2009

-- Self-effacing but exuding confidence, he is not a publicity hound, though he knows how the press works;

John Brown: The Ideal Un-Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs 2009

Self-effacing while at the same time confident and ruthlessly efficient, the three former executives would like to impose a cool, corporate culture on Bill Clinton's second term.

Clinton Goes Corporate 2008

Self-effacing on the superficial and you know, the things that are charming about her that do appeal to voters, not on substantive issues.

CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2008 2008