Cocky Quotes

I have three other siblings, so it’s all very equal – even when I get a little cocky, which I usually do. My brother keeps me in a headlock. He says that I’m not a celebrity in this house. I think I’m really chilled out and grounded.

I keep telling myself, don’t get cocky. Give your services to the press and the media, be nice to the kids, throw a baseball into the stands once in a while.

I’m more than just an option.

New York was scary, coming from the Midwest. At first, I thought I’d come in all cocky, like, ‘I’m gonna bring this town to its knees!’ After about a month, I was like, ‘I wanna go home.’

I wish I was more like my character. In character, I am the queen. I am strong. I am confident, sometimes cocky. I’m hard to beat. Out of character, I am a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a best friend and just the girl next door that likes Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.

I am not cocky or real showboatish.

I learned how to play the music working with my dad. Because in the beginning I was super excited, I had this gig, I was a kid, I got cocky and didn’t want to take lessons.

I’m not talent. Not considered ‘talent’ by Lifetime. I’d like to say I’m their savior, but that would be cocky.

I like guys who are confident but not cocky, who are comfortable with themselves, and who know what they want.

It’s hard to be humble, when you’re as great as I am.

You wouldn’t be a complete band without a slightly cocky frontman, would you?

It’s very dangerous to wave to people you don’t know because what if they don’t have hands? They’ll think you’re cocky.

Once someone sees me on TV, they always think that ‘He is just a cocky brat,’ but I am not. Once you get to sit down with Adrien Broner, you will fall in love with me.

I knew that the UFC and that mixed martial arts in general was going to prosper because I was extremely selfish and cocky, and I thought: ‘Hey, if I like it, everyone’s gonna like it.’ Well, it came to fruition, and I chose a character that was not a far departure from myself at all.

I don’t want to be cocky, but I want to win a championship and feel that with my team, I have the ability.

When I leave I always come right back here. The young spitter that everybody in rap fear.

Walk a single path, becoming neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet or becoming frightened when danger threatens.

I know how to make myself very, very cocky and annoying. That’s my character. I enjoy doing it. People hate it. But I don’t mind it when people hate it.

The thing about people from Chicago and the Northwest suburbs is that they’re very cocky. I think that serves us well in the show business world.

Every time I have the ball in my hands, which is every play, I feel I’m the best player on the team. That’s just my mentality. I’m not saying that in a cocky way, but everybody should have that mentality when they step on that field.

[A difficult childhood gave me] a kind of cocky confidence. … I could never have so little that I hadn’t had less. It took away my fear.

I have dumped a girl over the phone. It’s terrible, isn’t it? We got into an argument during a phone call, so I basically said, ‘I don’t wanna be with you anymore,’ and she cried. I saw her after that and it was a bit awkward.

The American Marines have it [pride], and benefit from it. They are tough, cocky, sure of themselves and their buddies. They can fight and they know it.

If I can be the one to dethrone Shayna Baszler you will be seeing a very cocky Rhea Ripley.

I have the Midas touch, in the way that when I hook up with a project, I feel, not speaking cocky or conceited, but there’s a confidence I have. I learned that from Muhammad Ali; I used to bodyguard him. He taught me about confidence. So when it comes to any job I work, I’m gonna do it good; I’m going to bring it over the top.

When you’re in college, you meet somebody that you think is a little bit arrogant and cocky, and you don’t like them because they have this attitude about them that seems grating, and then you realize that they have their issues and this whole other side going on.

People say I’m arrogant or cocky. You know what it is? I feel that I have a good chance to win ball games.

So basically, I don’t know what I’m talking about. But maybe I do.

I don’t want to sound arrogant or cocky, but taking a fight on short notice against ‘Cowboy,’ you have to be mentally strong.

Ignorance and arrogance are the artist’s and entrepreneur’s indispensable allies. She must be clueless enough to have no
idea how difficult her enterprise is going to be and cocky enough to believe she can pull it off anyway.”

I’m not cocky. But I’m very confident.

You may not like me. You may think I’m cocky or arrogant. But you will be thinking about me.

The fact is that everything I’ve done, no one else could do. I don’t want to be cocky or arrogant or think I’m the best, but what I’ve tried to do all those years was to show I was different from the others. And that’s not my opinion, but everyone’s.

Christians should be the boldest people in the world-not cocky and sure of ourselves, but sure of Him.

I can be a little cocky.

I never get nervous and I’m always very confident to the point where some people think I’m cocky.

Early in my career I was accused of being overconfident and even cocky, but I really was confident that I had done the training and didn’t see any other reason to say otherwise.

And then the industry itself was so cocky about what they were doing that they weren’t seeing what was coming on the horizon with Japan and Germany and other places that were building smaller cars.

At once, it’s clear I cannot gush. We try me playing cocky, but I just don’t have the arrogance. Apparently, I’m too “vulnerable” for ferocity. I’m not witty. Funny. Sexy. Or mysterious By the end of the session, I am no one at all.

My fans are sexy. Yes they are. They can’t help themselves. It is just how they do.

A mother is neither cocky, nor proud, because she knows the school principal may call at any minute to report that her child had just driven a motorcycle through the gymnasium.

It is easy for me to put on a show and be cocky..but to express oneself honestly not lying to oneself, now that my friend is very hard to do

On Kim Kardashian: “I think she’s cute. And, no, she’s not too old for me. Above 40 is a little too old for me.

I don’t think I’m over-the-top cocky, I’m just proud of where I came from.

I really don’t believe in abortion. It’s like killing a baby.

If you have the choice between humble and cocky, go with cocky. There’s always time to be humble later, once you’ve been proven horrendously, irrevocably wrong.

Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.

When I dive for a ball I’m not diving because it looks spectacular – I’m trying win the point. When I jump it’s because it’s easy for me to jump. I’m not being cocky but because I can jump higher than other people it looks more spectacular. Other players smash but I go higher so it looks different.

The circumstance is the incredible part, but I always knew in my heart that something was going to be out there, just for the world to notice me. It sounds so cocky, but it’s happening.

Success hasn’t changed me at all. I’m still the same cocky, arrogant guy I’ve always been. The only difference now is that I’m busy all the time.

I don’t mean to be cocky, but if I’m never on TV again, if I never make another dollar, I am proud. I did what I wanted to do.

When you are following me on Twitter, you are literally following my life. I think that’s pretty cool.

For a long time I felt like I was fighting my age, like I was constantly trying to prove to people that I was a savvy peer, and I felt them viewing me as a kid. I was a cocky kid, and I felt like I was an adult at, like, 9, you know? I think that’s because my parents always treated me as an adult.

To my city I’m the 2-3

My defenses were so great. The cocky rock and roll hero who knows all the answers was actually a terrified guy who didn’t know how to cry. Simple.

Finally here, Imma star with the timing. My swagger is chill and my flow is reclining.

There’s nothing wrong with giving yourself a pat on the back. If you can’t do that, you can’t be objective about your work. You can’t be conceited or cocky either, but you can’t be too modest either.

Always thinking that you’re not very good is far better than being cocky.

I am cocky in prediction, I am confident in preparation but I am always humble in victory or defeat.

Pastor Kerney Thomas to these hoes.. miwacles.

To have faith is to believe in truth, believe that truth confers special power on those lucky enough to get a little insight, and to know in our hearts that all these things come from God, which is why we should never get too cocky about our successes.

A lot of people think I’m cocky or arrogant but I’m really just chill and cool and humble.

I’m not cocky, I’m confident. So when you tell me I’m the best it’s a compliment

In baseball I was pretty cocky.

There’s nothing I hate more than an over-cocky person. I have friends that’ll be all cocky and then go out and get their butt whooped. They’re the worst.

I want to be an arena act. There’s so many steps to take to get there, and it’s so easy to get lost and cocky. I just take small steps each day.

Not to sound rude, but [acting] is stupid. Everybody’s like “How can you remain with a level head?”. And I’m like “Why would I ever get cocky? I’m not saving anybody’s life. There are doctors who save lives and firemen who run into burning buildings. I’m making movies. It’s stupid.”

I love you.” – Avery “I know.” – Cam “Cocky.” – Avery “Confident. I love you sweetheart.” – Cam

I don’t say it in a cocky way, but I take pride in being one of the best at doing what I do.

Shouldn’t you be working instead of fraternizing with customers?” I choked. He smiled. “What are you doing Sunday night?” I snorted. By accident. “Are you asking me out?” “You’re getting cocky. I like that, Angel.” “I don’t care what you like. I’m not going out with you. Not on a date. Not alone.

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.

I swear these niggas gassed up, even though the price is high. I could own half as much clothing and be twice as fly.

Buzz so big I could probably sell a blank disc.

You can be cocky and confident, but when you start developing feelings for someone, suddenly your self-esteem drops a bit.

I don’t know how to fix a car. If the car breaks down, and the gas tank does not say “E”, I’m screwed. But if the gas tank says “E”, I get all cocky – “I’ve got this one, don’t worry.” So I get out the toolbox AKA wallet.

Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.

I’m confident, but not so confident that I’m cocky.

A mother is neither cocky, nor proud, because she knows the school principal may call at any minute to report that her child had just driven a motorcycle through the gymnasium.

Why would I ever get cocky? I’m not saving anybody’s life.

I don’t want to be one of those kids who gets famous and then changes and becomes cocky. That’s why it’s so important to me to try and take a photo with every girl who comes to see me.

I’m the one twice over I’m the new eleven

I got Moxie, I’m so damn foxy
Industry try to block me like cops and paparazzi.

Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates me I make a difference.

Yes, yes I am ill. I go in for the kill.
Hoes is my sons, birth control, I am on the pill

I’m cocky. It’s different. Cocky is playful.

Suddenly people were saying I was cocky because I’d done a Steven Spielberg movie and thought I was better than everyone else, which surprised me at first. I suddenly started feeling like a freak because everyone was treating me differently. It was confusing, and I did wonder if acting was for me anymore.

I’m not trying to be cocky, but I set such a high standard for myself. I’m not happy when I pitch seven innings and give up two runs and get a win.

When you Google me, you’ll find a lot of people don’t like Richard Dreyfuss. Because I’m cocky and I present a cocky attitude. But no one has ever disagreed with the notion I represent, that we need more civic education. So far there’s 100 percent support for that.

Before, when I was 19-0, I was undefeated and I was 23, 24 years old. Yeah, I was cocky, I had a little bit of ego. I had to get humbled.

I’m not too secure about my looks. They can always change. I was heavy and overweight as a teenager, so it’s hard to be cocky or egotistical.

Once you get cocky that’s when you start to, A, turn into an asshole to everybody and, B, make mistakes because you stop listening to people or they stop telling you because you’re a cocky asshole. So I’m going to try and eat my humble pie every morning for breakfast and just hope that it turns out OK.

The only thing I wish I could figure out is how I got misunderstood regarding the type of person I really am and what I accomplished.

I’ve never been cocky. Even right now I don’t like to talk about the Olympics.

When you’re young and arrogant and cocky and feel you’re invincible, you say a lot of mean things to a lot of people because you think you’re better, you don’t need to deal with people.

As long as I’m in this city, I’m a lightning rod, … People don’t like me for a lot of reasons and I create all of them. I love it when they hate me. All my closest friends hate me.

Hopefully someone on their team addresses it, because, uh, I’m not saying I’m going to do it, but something might happen to him if he continues to be that cocky.

A lot of fighters are cocky.

Everybody is going to love me and this is not being cocky – this is just what I see.

Walk a single path, become neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat.

I was a very cocky and unlikable young comic. But I came from the hood, and that’s what I learned.

I’m a cocky sumb**itch. That’s what makes me such a great player.

I don’t really want to be cocky when I say this, but I really feel I can be one of the best rim protectors in the league, you know, as a rookie.

I’m not cocky. I’m not arrogant. I know my value.

Not trying to be arrogant, but if I walked down the street and a girl saw me, she might take a look back because maybe I’m good-looking, right?

If I want to average 32 points a game, I can do that easily. It’s just eight, eight, eight, eight. No problem. I can do that anytime. That’s not being cocky. That’s confidence.

I might be confident in what I do, and sometimes you can be cocky and confident because you know what your abilities are and you know what your car is going to give you.

Don’t be cocky, ‘Pride cometh before the fall

If you lie down in a village square hoping to capture a sea gull, you could stay there your whole life without succeeding. But a hundred miles from shore it’s different. Sea gulls have a highly developed instinct for self-preservation on land but at sea they’re very cocky.

That’s just a stressful way to live – saying, ‘OK who’s doing great, who’s doing better than me?’ … Let me just worry about me. I’m not worried about anyone else. If you’re doing fine, great; if you’re struggling, I hope things get better for you. But I’ve got to be worried about my career.

I went to a funeral recently, and they handed out Kleenex before the funeral. Which I thought was cocky.

[Janco] paused. His eyes held a distant gleam as if seeing into his past. ‘My first practice was a shock. I was a cocky smart aleck–‘ [Opal] ‘Was?’ [J] ‘Be quiet. I’m telling a story here.

And honestly, I’m not being cocky, I’m not talking trash, but anybody who beat me would have to get lucky. Nobody is just going to out-technique me.

I’m like really famous. I got a famous anus.

Be confident and not cocky.

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.

I don’t want to say I’d wipe everybody out, because that’s cocky. But they wouldn’t beat me.

Even my mom is calling me Shaggy now, which is weird, because Shaggy is more like a character that I play. Shaggy is flamboyant; he’s cocky. And I can’t live that twenty-four hours a day – hell, no.

I read all the time that people think I’m arrogant. They say I am cocky, a bad character. I had that from a young age. But when they meet me, they say, ‘That image doesn’t fit you.’

Sometimes I was a little bit – not cocky, but not so nice, you know?

Class is the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.

Even Disney – off the record, but on the record – knows that I have the power. They love me because of that. I don’t act like it. I’m not walking around all cocky, but the tables have turned.

My father was a cocky, long-haired musician, a songwriter.

Just because I believed in what I was doing on the field and dedicated myself to playing the game, does that mean I’m cocky? Does that mean I’m arrogant?

I don’t want people to get the impression that I just got money and now I’m cocky, because I’m not. I’m just a little overly confident.

The day I was born, March 1, 1994, Celine Dion was solid at #1 with ‘The Power of Love.’ Not a bad start to your life.

I don’t want to sound too cocky. But I consider myself superwoman.

I’ve never been a conceited person or cocky, never felt boastful, but I always had a sense of self-worth; I always had a real sense of myself.

I’m sure I was a cocky git.

Not saying I rate myself lots now, but I rate myself more because I’ve been exercising. I’d say a six now. Just above average. There are a lot of good-looking people out there, you see, so more than six is getting a bit cocky.

As hard as I’ve tried, I don’t know how not to be adorable.

My fans are like my glasses. Without them I’d be blurry.

Tully was the first young, handsome, cocky, well-dressed bad guy. He was our version of Ric Flair before I knew who Ric Flair was. This was before cable TV or any of that, and Tully was our Ric Flair.

I want my world to be fun. No parents, no rules, no nothing. Like, no one can stop me. No one can stop me.

I like to be confident, absolutely not cocky, and I like to have that healthy fear of my opponents. It keeps me on my toes.

I was probably being a little cocky, which I do when I feel that I don’t know what I’m talking about.

When you’re young, you’re cocky.

I know this sounds arrogant or cocky or like I’m selling myself, but even on the court now, I don’t think anybody can stop me. I just have that much confidence.

I have two brothers, and we used to always laugh at oblivious people. People who are so cocky and full of themselves that they just don’t realize how stupid they are. And those kind of idiots really make me laugh.

Last name ‘Ever’, first name ‘Greatest’

I’m not sure about the parties. But whatever they have in Korea, that’s bad.

I’ve been hated by many, wanted by plenty, disliked by some, but confronted by none.

I was a cocky kid, and I felt like I was an adult at, like, 9. I think that’s because my parents always treated me as an adult.

I believe I deserve everything that could maybe happen. And I don’t think that’s a cocky thing to say because I’ve worked really hard, and I’ve never bitten the hand that fed me, and I’ve always been really respectful.

I believe in myself and maybe people take that as cocky and flash but in this game you have to believe in yourself or you won’t get anywhere.

I’m not as cocky as I used to be.

I hope I don’t come off as being cocky.

My first fight in Hamilton was against Rocky Thompson. Everybody was saying, ‘Be careful, he can punch with both hands.’ I’m saying, ‘Look how skinny he is.’ I was cocky. But he beat me. After that fight I said to myself, man, this is going to be a tough job.

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

I wasn’t cocky, just confident; I went to an all black school, a white kid.

I had a great job, living a great lifestyle… and just started doing the wrong things, getting a little bit cocky.

All I knew was I just wanted to make music, I wasn’t thinking about label politics or what that means. It was really much simpler back then but yea I was discouraged a little bit. I felt really confident in my skills when I was that young, I was really cocky when I was younger.

I’m not cocky at all. You ask anybody, I’m one of the nicest guys. I try to be as humble as I can, but if you work hard, sometimes you know that you earned more respect.

I wouldn’t change anything about myself. Not because I’m being cocky or anything, but because this is who I am, and I’m proud of who I am.

I used to be real cocky about what I do but then I realized it’s not me, all of this is really God’s gift and whenever He want to, He can take it away.

I’m a real stubborn person. I’m still humble, not too cocky, but I’m big headed. I know what I wanna do and I know how I wanna do it and I know what needs to be done.

Everywhere I’ve been, I’ve been the best player. I love being a leader, and I love being the best. I just want to get better. It’s not about being cocky or selfish or anything like that. It’s just how I am.

Don’t say I’m not talented. If you haven’t noticed, I wasn’t made. I was found.

Misconception Number 1, the public always thought, ‘Reggie has a massive ego; he’s narcissistic, he’s cocky, he needs everyone to look at him all the time,’ because that’s what the media told them. Wrong. I could handle the attention. I didn’t let the attention affect my performance. But I never needed the attention.

Honestly, the way I make music, you know – it’s like, I don’t want to sound cocky or anything, but I try my best to make time with music that doesn’t have an expiration date.

It’s kind of hard to balance school and work sometimes. But sometimes, like, if I’m going to the White House and I’m in there doing a tour and stuff, that’s like school.

I match up with the best guys in the world. I’m not being cocky; it’s just always how I felt. But I got into trouble as soon as I got into the NBA, and it left a bad taste in a lot of people’s mouths.

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.

Opting for gold shoes could have been considered downright cocky, but I was confident and never doubted my ability to deliver gold medals to match my shimmering footwear.

My first date has been…mythologized as ‘Bieber’s Dating Disaster.’ I took her to a buffet restaurant. Yes, I wore a white shirt. Yes, I got spaghetti.

Some people like to call me cocky or arrogant, but I just think ‘how dare you assume I should think less of myself’

I got cocky and I stopped taking my vitamins. It was an inconvenience to have a suitcase full of vitamins with me on the road. About two years ago, it caught up with me.

But then, like George Michael in a men’s bathroom, I got cocky.

Nick Cannon or Will never did it this ill.

At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really was a kind of cocky sod.

I’m as good as Jean-Claude Van Damme when it comes to martial arts. Sounding a little cocky aren’t I

Don’t get cocky just because you’ve had a good run. You can lose your business as fast as you’ve earned it.

I don’t mean to sound cocky, but I just wear what I like and don’t try to focus too much on trends.

You want to remain hungry and stay in a good place as a competitor; at the same time, you want to be confident but not cocky. You have to realize that you can lose. We have to stay hungry, because losing is the worst thing that can happen now. That’s a road we don’t want to go down.

I’m allergic to coming in second but I never sneeze.

If I’m in ya starting five you will never need a sub and I’m never looking down, so I always know what’s up.

I think I had a lot of impact on every player. Maybe it sounds cocky, but if I don’t feel I have an impact or a big impact, I wouldn’t be able to be excited about my work every day.

‘New Mutants’ is the absolute definition of a broken down jalopy, and I took it on, and I just remade it… That’s why I was so cocky and confident: because I was like, ‘I just turned around this broken down comic book with products of my imagination.’

The atheism and nihilism of my earlier years now seems shallow, and even a bit cocky.

Trumpet players are just belligerant, and cocky, and you know, just hard-headed.

Discussion in class, which means letting twenty young blockheads and two cocky neurotics discuss something that neither their teacher nor they know.

I have a swagger coach that helps me and teaches me different swaggerific things to do… He has helped me with my style and just putting different pieces together and being able to layer and stuff like that.

One of the best compliments I ever got was “You know what I like about you? You’re smart enough to be scared. So many guys come on cocky, they don’t want to go over their stuff, they don’t want to do a pre-interview. You’re always smart enough to be worried till the last minute.”

I skipped kindergarten because I was reading at a pretty high level. That’s a weird and cocky thing to say, but I was real sharp, and I knew that early on.

I can express my will on the court. I’m kind of, how you say… a little bit cocky and try to fight some guys.

I grew up where the repercussion of you having an opinion was being ‘cocky,’ or people would be mad at you. And I have finally learnt that it is better for them to be mad at you and disagree than you be so mad at yourself all of the time for not speaking up.

I, personally, would be shocked if we went to the end of the tape now and I didn’t have at least one… Look, even if I don’t get one directly, eventually they’re just going to have to give me one when I get old. So no matter how you slice it, I’m getting one.

Some people say I’m arrogant or cocky but I’m a down to earth, decent guy.

When you’re playing for 30 people and you’re jumping around stage, screaming, getting in peoples faces and acting cocky you’re kind of poking fun at yourself.

My father taught me to be independent and cocky and free thinking, but he could not stand it if I disagreed with him.

I think if you expect it to do well, you come off a little bit cocky.

She really taught me a lot about how to believe in myself without being cocky. That’s a tough thing to do sometimes. But my mom had it down pat.

Road racing has given me a good life, and I’m not being cocky, but I’ve brought something to racing, too.

I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.

Men think monogamy is something you make dining tables out of.

People thought I was cocky because I didn’t talk much. When I first turned pro, reporters asked me who was going to win. I’d say, ‘I am’ because it was the easier than giving some long, drawn-out answer.

I don’t say it in a cocky way, but I take pride in being one of the best at doing what I do.

Sunday comes after Saturday? Weird.

I don’t feel like there has ever really been anyone like me, and I’m starting to realize that. Not in a cocky way, but in a very humbling way.

Dr. Everest, got up and gave us a little pep talk. Mostly it boiled down to the fact that it was autumn, and everyone was back, and while that was a great thing, people better not get cocky or misbehave or he’d personally kill us all. He didn’t actually say those words, but that was the subtext.

I think people think I’m harder and more arrogant and cocky than I am – because I know how to put on a front, but it’s nothing like who I am inside.

Growing up, my first interview when I was 14, I said, ‘Yeah, I’m going to play in the NBA.’ Everybody was like, ‘Who is this kid? He is cocky.’

Haters call me ‘gay,’ but their girlfriends want me more than them.