Cockiness Quotes

I think a lot of people mistake my confidence on stage for cockiness in real life, and that's actually farthest from the truth. When I'm on stage, I'm that confident and that cocky because I have a microphone in my hand, and there's a few thousand people staring at me. And I know they're there to laugh. (Russell Peters)
She wondered if she could put a dart in his eye. It would not kill him, but it might take the edge off his cockiness. View quote
Alastair Reynolds
I'm a very modest person. But I'm also extremely confident. And if you put me in the situation or in the moment, I'm gonna have some swagger, I'm gonna have some cockiness. View quote
Drew Brees
You know I need that cockiness, the self-belief, arrogance, swagger, whatever you want to call it, I need that on the golf course to bring the best out of myself. So you know once I leave the golf course, you know that all gets left there. View quote
Rory McIlroy
Ah, how the seeds of cockiness blossom when soiled in ignorance. View quote
Steve Alten
Chris Ofili's suave, stippled, visually tricked-out paintings of the nineties, with their allover fields of shimmering dots and clumps of dung, are like cave paintings of modern life. They crackle with optical cockiness, love, and massive amounts of painterly mojo. View quote
Jerry Saltz