Confidence v Arrogance

[johnsebastianmiran]

Confidence is knowing you can win over your opponent and work hard to make it so training and keeping yourself fit for action. Arrogance is according to the USMC is writing a check with your mouth that your ass can't cash. Lots of guys have heard that and should pay attention.

[Master]

Confidence is knowing you can win over your opponent and work hard to make it so training and keeping yourself fit for action. Arrogance is according to the USMC is writing a check with your mouth that your ass can't cash. Lots of guys have heard that and should pay attention.

I like that.

I like the definitions of the difference between it in terms of proven record, personal perception and ability.

[TitoFan]

Trinidad was confident...... Vargas was arrogant.

[Mr140]

Well guys like Holyfeild, Leonard, Spinks and so on were confident they felt they could win and would walk through hell top do so because they believed they could win and were better fighters. Lewis is a guy who was confident but got over the top to arrogance hence him getting koed.

[Master]

Trinidad was confident...... Vargas was arrogant.

Tito was silently confident and Vargas was arrogantly confident. Only difference is Vargas looked foolish afterwards whereas if Tito lost he would not have.

[J_Undisputed]

I look at it as Confidence + Negligence = Arrogance. You can be confident but when you neglect what could go wrong, you're just being a jerk. When you take care of the details (practice, train, press yourself to be better and proficient at what you do, it goes a long way toward removing negligence/doubt and building confidence. It affords you the humility that becomes the deciding factor in keeping you confident but grounded. 2 fighters can have the same amount of confidence, but the one that believes he still has reason to be cautious avoids crossing over into arrogance. A man possesses confidence where as arrogance possesses the man.