Just how confident is President Barack Obama that he'll defeat Mitt Romney come November?

In basketball language, Obama came off pretty confident in a recent story by The New York Times.

When asked if he had what it takes to win the 2012 presidential race back in February during a meeting among Democratic governors, Obama translated to those in the room with an answer coinciding with the hot topic in basketball at the time.

"We're the Miami Heat, and he's Jeremy Lin," Obama reportedly said.

Talk about a money quote.

New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin took the NBA by storm at the beginning of the lockout-plagued 2011-12 season, but the eventual NBA champion Miami Heat put an end to the Knicks' "Linsanity" run with a 102-88 beatdown on Feb. 23, a game in which Lin shot 1-for-11 from the field with eight turnovers.

That was so February. Still, pretty clutch by the president.