Yet, no matter how well John achieved, he always seemed to recast his successes as abject failures, and in meetings with me, he would talk openly about how he'd let himself and others down.
아무리 잘 해도 항상 성공을 실패로 깎아내리곤 했어요. 저와 만나 얘기할 때면 자신과 다른 사람들을  얼마나 실망시키는지 털어놓곤 했죠.