“Confidence cannot escalate to arrogance, it only happens if the blood of pride is running through your veins.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
You know I need that cockiness, the self-belief, arrogance, swagger, whatever you want to call it, I need that on the golf… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
I'm a very modest person. But I'm also extremely confident. And if you put me in the situation or in the moment,… — Drew Brees Copy Share Image
“Cockiness is useful to fake on occasion, but it'll only get you killed if you believe it.” — Cassandra Rose Clarke Copy Share Image
“Along with the yearning that came from some deep part of her, that was selfless and exalted, Thea had a hard kind… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
To be a star and stay a star, I think you've got to have a certain air of arrogance about you, a… — Joe Morgan Copy Share Image
Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never… — Ann Landers Copy Share Image
“Don't feel better than anybody, because you feel like something. Always have it at the back of your mind that you were… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm very confident in what I do, but I'd like to think I don't ever show any kind of cockiness or overconfidence. — David Wright Copy Share Image
“Act as if you don't know me, and i will make it seem as though you don't exist.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Those who incessantly underestimate people will one day experience an incident that would make them want to plead everyone they had offended… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Oh no. Maybe I'd gotten too cocky. I was still relatively new to this friend business. Had I screwed up even asking?… — Gwenda Bond Copy Share Image
It [boxing] helps my hand-eye coordination, my stamina, my footwork, and it gives me that competitive edge and drive. And in the… — Carmelo Anthony Copy Share Image
“Most of Csongor's time in T'Rain had been spent blundering about in a state of hapless newbie confusion. Only his long experience… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
She may be the queen of your hearts, but ima be the queen of your body parts. — Rihanna Copy Share Image
An athlete must have a certain cockiness to succeed and win, but an athlete must also care about the game he or… — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image
Confidence, not cockiness. Knowing who you are is confidence. Cockiness is knowing who you are and pushing it down everyone's throat. — Mila Kunis Copy Share Image
Chris Ofili's suave, stippled, visually tricked-out paintings of the nineties, with their allover fields of shimmering dots and clumps of dung, are… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
“Most insensible, corrupt, cheap, disrespectful young girls run after bad, rude, cocky, nonsensical boys, but a mature, educated, thoughtful, virtuos lady opts… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Fighter pilot is an attitude. It is cockiness. It is aggressiveness. It is self-confidence. It is a streak of rebelliousness, and it… — Robin Olds Copy Share Image
You're a fine fastidious young man, as proud as a lion, as gentle as a girl. You'd make a good catch for… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image