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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I don't say it in a cocky way, but I take pride in being one of the best at doing what I do.
In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure.
I am not overconfident.
I've been telling people I'm in the best shape of my life, I've been training unbelievably hard.
Training is fabulous because it gives you a basis, a strong structure, so that when you're unbelievably nervous and you think that you can't get a word out, you will get the word out.
I compete against myself in competitions anyway, so I train against myself in practice.
I've never been a cocky individual, but I am very confident.
I sometimes have an over-confidence that can be viewed as arrogance.
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'm always looking for perfection. Even after training and my coaches say I did good, I always think I could have done more.