Re: Confidence v Arrogance
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.
They want your @$$ beat because upsets make news. News brings about excitement, excitement brings about ratings. The objective is to bring you up to the tower and tear your @$$ down. And if you don't believe that, you're crazy.
Roy Jones, Jr. "What I've Learned," Esquire 2003
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