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I've never been a cocky individual, but I am very confident.

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

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 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.

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

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 guess I'm reasonably confident in all honesty. But I definitely don't think I'm arrogant. I'm pretty down to earth, I mean I'm genuinely down to earth.

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.'

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

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