Top 100 Quotes About Being Cocky
#1. 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.
LeBron James
#2. Everybody is going to love me and this is not being cocky - this is just what I see.
Jazmine Sullivan
#3. 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.
Patrick Ewing
#4. Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.
Ann Landers
#6. That was not sex. That was naked poetry.
Hank Moody
#7. Not cocky overconfidence that comes from collecting biased information and ignoring uncertainties, but the real confidence that comes from knowing you've made the best decision that you could.
Chip Heath
#8. I love you." - Avery
"I know." - Cam
"Cocky." - Avery
"Confident. I love you sweetheart." - Cam
J. Lynn
#9. 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.
Mitch Hedberg
#10. 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.
John Lennon
#11. Don't worry. I know the truth."
"The truth about what?"
Cam stepped back. "You want to say yes, but you're just not ready."
My jaw dropped.
"It's okay." His grin turned cocky. "I'm a lot to handle, but I can assure you, you'll have fun handling me.
J. Lynn
#12. Singers aren't supposed to have dairy before a show, but we all know I'm a rule breaker.
Justin Bieber
#13. Could indicate the cocky self-awareness of a male in prime condition.
Michel Faber
#14. How does someone keep a chicken inside a fence? I had closed my eyes at that one, picturing Cocky running off into the cotton fields, and me, standing at the edge of the fence, hollering the rooster's name like a crazy woman.
Alessandra Torre
#15. 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.
Steven Pressfield
#16. Not that any of the sysadmin's knowledge and skills were applicable here.
The psychological stance was the thing: the implicit faith, a little naive and a little cocky, that by banging his head against the problem for long enough he'd be able to break through in the end.
Neal Stephenson
#17. 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.
Lamar Odom
#18. You can be cocky and confident, but when you start developing feelings for someone, suddenly your self-esteem drops a bit.
Russell Tovey
#19. She put her hands on her hips and surveyed the area with a cocky smile on her face. The smirk spread when the traitor met my gaze.
"No hello for your old friend?" she asked me. "Don't be rude Baby Face."
"Go to hell, Wynn.
Maria V. Snyder
#20. I'm as good as Jean-Claude Van Damme when it comes to martial arts. Sounding a little cocky aren't I
Talisa Soto
#22. So you were nervous too."
He grinned. "There was that, but mostly I figured I was good because you're really fuckin' into me."
"Sometimes your cocky is not hot," I snapped.
His brows went up. "There's times my cocky makes you hot?"
I didn't answer that.
Kristen Ashley
#23. 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.
Shabazz Muhammad
#24. Men think monogamy is something you make dining tables out of.
Kathy Lette
#25. My fans are like my glasses. Without them I'd be blurry.
Justin Bieber
#26. 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.'
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
#27. I was probably being a little cocky, which I do when I feel that I don't know what I'm talking about.
Daniel Okrent
#29. 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.
Kato Kaelin
#30. He folded his hands behind his back and puffed out his chest. Reminded Lucky of a barnyard rooster. Anybody who referred to Lucky as a cocky little bantam found out pretty soon that Lucky could back up his strut, and this guy was probably the roostah who used ta, or he wouldn't be teaching.
Eden Winters
#31. He shot me a cocky smile. "Definitely dibbs." I rolled my eyes because my brother was stupidly stubborn. "Dude, she's not the front seat of mom's old minivan.
Rachel Higginson
#32. Cocky."
"I won't deny it. Which is why this is weird for me," Romeo's voice lowered as he leaned into her. His warm breath fanned against her neck, making Jules shiver as he said, "You're so beautiful you make me feel humble. Being with you scares me, and I'm not real sure what to do about it.
Kele Moon
#33. I've never been a cocky individual, but I am very confident.
Ludacris
#34. I'm not cocky. I'm confident. It's a fine line, but there's a difference."
"Oh? And what's the difference?"
"It's simple. Confidence comes from knowing your skill and your worth while cocky attempts to cover the lack of both.
D.G. Whiskey
#35. You're not a bad person," she told him, knowing where his thoughts had taken him. "I'm not saying you're perfect. You're cocky and a know-it-all and you're addicted to working. But you've got a nice big dick and great bedroom skills, so I'm willing to overlook all that.
Suzanne Wright
#36. 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.
David Maraniss
#37. I just found out that I'm scared of heights, Bri, he rasped out. Gone was the cocky jerk. This was my cousin, the one who had come to check on me when we were younger because I left and didn't wait for them.
Tijan
#38. I look back at James one last time, and he gives me his signature smile, wide and cocky. but it's not real. Sometimes I think it's never real. James is the best at hiding his pain, disgusing the feelings. He knows what it takes to stay out of the Program. He'll keep us safe.
He promised.
Suzanne Young
#39. Let me be a lesson to you, kids. There is a reason you shouldn't get all cocky. Because if you do, the universe will come along and kick your ass hard.
Tellulah Darling
#40. 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.
Mike Richards
#41. Don't say I'm not talented. If you haven't noticed, I wasn't made. I was found.
Justin Bieber
#42. I have one promise I can make you, Kate." He reached for her hair, coiled some of it around his hand, and used it to pull her toward him.
"What's that?" she whispered breathlessly. Not so cocky now.
"You're going to enjoy this.
Jackie Braun
#43. I'm not cocky, I'm confident. So when you tell me I'm the best it's a compliment
Jadakiss
#44. Oh right," he says. "Because that makes sense. Because tossing a grown-ass man over your shoulders is just so freaking easy. That shit just comes naturally to you." I shrug. Kenji lets out a low whistle.
"Cocky as hell, too.
Tahereh Mafi
#45. It's an amazing thing to say, 'I'm beautiful,' without feeling like you're cocky.
Christina Aguilera
#46. Like a junkie, I was jonesing for a romance novel coupling. I needed a pulsing pillar of passion, a mammoth mail member, a cocky cobra ready to tangle with my vaginal mongoose.
I also needed to think about upgrading my reading. My imagery was actually starting to bother me.
Alice Clayton
#47. I like guys who are confident but not cocky, who are comfortable with themselves, and who know what they want.
Mischa Barton
#48. You wouldn't be a complete band without a slightly cocky frontman, would you?
Adam Levine
#49. The thing was, Colton was confident and self-assured, maybe even a little cocky, but he wasn't arrogant. He was like a unicorn.
Jennifer L. Armentrout
#50. 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.
Lorenzo Lamas
#51. I don't want people to get the impression that I got money and now I'm cocky, because I'm not. I'm just a little overly confident.
ASAP Rocky
#52. That cocky smile widened. "Hello, bitch," Ansel purred.
"Hello, traitor," Aelin purred right back... "Meet Ansel of Briarcliff, assassin and Queen of the Western Wastes.
Sarah J. Maas
#53. A girl could be sitting on her computer, trying to get noticed by me, and not knowing she's the future Mrs. Justin Bieber.
Justin Bieber
#54. Yep, that's me. I know. I know. You're humbled I'm here, feel like throwing rose petals at my feet, blah, blah, blah. No need, though. Just try and think of me as a normal guy
-William
Gena Showalter
#55. Is there more about the world I don't know? Like, does Superman exist?" I asked. "Vampires and werewolves roam the earth. It's a possibility," he answered. I smiled as I asked, "Could you kick his ass?" "Absolutely," he replied. "Cocky," I muttered.
Kristen Ashley
#56. Mary bit her lip. "She is merely saying hello."
Oh, I am, Tottie agreed. I've been wanting to say hello to Mr. Jack for an age, personal-like. Her hand glided over his chest and headed down. Such a fine cocky fella, ye are. Shall we see if it's all just tall tales, then, me lad?
Kristen Callihan
#57. Peter's not cocky. Peter's a nerd, ' Drew says.
'I know! Where does he get off being nerdy and full of himself? It's like he lives in some kind of alterna-world where nerds are cool.'
'He does,' Drew says smiling wide. 'It's called arts school.
Rachel M. Wilson
#58. Shit, there goes our chance at winning." Pey laughed. "A cocky quarterback that's in love with himself. We'll be lucky if you don't stop every two seconds to check yourself out.
Priya Kanaparti
#59. The only practical effect of having a soul is that it fills man with anthropomorphic and anthropocentric vanities - in brief, with the cocky superstitions that make him disgusting.
H.L. Mencken
#61. I don't commit to things unless I have my A-team to do it. And I'm not trying to be cocky, but that shows in my productions. They are top notch!
Cameron Mackintosh
#62. Texans aren't cocky. We're just better than you. And you know it.
Tiffany Madison
#63. Interviewer: "What keeps you grounded?" Bieber: "Gravity." Interviewer: "What's up, Justin?" Bieber: "The sky, man."
Justin Bieber
#64. I'm in the habit of employing either sharks or mice.
Erin Jamison
#65. He could be so charming and irreverent and witty, and then-bam!-a switch flipped and he reverted right back to the cocky asshole everyone reported him to be.
Lauren Weisberger
#66. But can't we do that with our clothes on?"
"We could," he said, giving me that cocky grin of his. "But where's the fun in that?
Ripley Patton
#67. 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.
Robert Downey Jr.
#68. She brushed off her hands and grabbed her purse, setting off for the back porch with purpose. On the ground, Cocky squawked his indignation at being left. "Hush," Cole chided him. "You've already gotten more play than me.
Alessandra Torre
#69. He's a cocky SOB. He knew the Nick Adams Stories. Probably a frustrated English major who graduated from college qualified to drive a cab.
Peter Heller
#70. He wears his cockiness like an ironic T-shirt, but it fits him better.
Gillian Flynn
#71. But then, like George Michael in a men's bathroom, I got cocky.
Chelsea Handler
#72. Oh no. Maybe I'd gotten too cocky. I was still relatively new to this friend business. Had I screwed up even asking? Should I have waited for her to offer up details?
Gwenda Bond
#73. I drew my gaze up from his throbbing erection and he grinned and winked at me like the cocky son of a bitch he was.
Samantha Young
#74. Why is it that self-confidence is so often cocky and self-assured so often selfish? Neither has to be true. Having confidence doesn't require being superior over another and being self-assured doesn't require taking advantage of another.
Charles F. Glassman
#75. That is a lethal combination - cocky plus wrong - especially when a more prudent option exists: simply admit that the future is far less knowable than you think.
Steven D. Levitt
#76. There are far too many beautiful women in the world out there who don't get how attractive they are simply because stupid men are too busy being too intimidated to talk to them. Lucky for my girl, I'm a cocky son of a bitch. - Jonathan di Luca
R. Matthews
#78. Discussion in class, which means letting twenty young blockheads and two cocky neurotics discuss something that neither their teacher nor they know.
Vladimir Nabokov
#79. 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.
John Chaney
#80. Are you really an archangel?" I whisper.
He gives me a cocky grin. "Impressed?"
"No," I lie. "But I have some complaints I'd like to file about your personnel."
"Talk to middle management."
I follow him out the door, giving him my
death-by-glare expression.
Susan Ee
#81. Cole stared at Cocky and felt like the worst parent in the world.
Alessandra Torre
#82. I got moxie, I'm so damn cocky. Industry tried to block me like cops and paparazzi.
Lauryn Hill
#83. My fans are sexy. Yes they are. They can't help themselves. It is just how they do.
Justin Bieber
#85. I'm supposed to carry you over the threshold, right?"
I laugh. "If that's what you're doing, I must've slept through something important," I say dryly.
He quirks one eyebrow and shoots me a cocky grin.
"Oh trust me, I won't let you sleep through any of the good stuff.
M. Leighton
#86. 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.
Tony Snow
#87. 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.
Kinky Friedman
#88. My fans are really loud but they are great. I've never liked someone so much to go up and scream that loud.
Justin Bieber
#89. Well, aren't you special. Cocky much?"
"I'm all kinds of special, but you know that.
Jennifer L. Armentrout
#90. I'm a cocky sumb**itch. That's what makes me such a great player.
Lawrence Taylor
#91. I don't want to say I'd wipe everybody out, because that's cocky. But they wouldn't beat me.
Dorien Bryant
#92. 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.
Jack Reynor
#93. 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.
Vida Blue
#94. 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.
Georges Laraque
#95. 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.
Michael Johnson
#96. I wasn't pissed off; I was just robbed of most of the cocky confidence my cunningness had created.
S.A. Tawks
#97. As cocky as this sounds, I knew I could walk onto that campus and get a date with the nearest available girl. Probably even a girl who wasn't available, but with Avery, it was like trying to hit on a nun. And not a naughty nun.
J. Lynn
#98. When people say, "Oh you're so cocky. You're so arrogant," I feel like they're telling me that I think too highly of myself. My question for them is: "Who are you to tell me that I need to think less of myself?
Ronda Rousey
#99. 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.
Justin Bieber
#100. Don't be cocky. Don't be flashy. There's always someone better than you.
Tony Hsieh
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