The closer

It never bothers me when people are arrogant, especially when they can back it up. This is most impressive because their arrogance sets the bar very high, and that notwithstanding , they succeed.

These people often make reference to themselves in the third person. For example, I applaud Rickey Henderson, the baseball player who used to play for the Oakland Athletics, and the New York Yankees. He often told the first baseman that he would be stealing second base, "Ricky is going to steal second base, and there is nothing you can do to stop Ricky."

Another example is when a surgeon has "the God complex." When a skilled surgeon thinks of himself as the savior, saving a person who is dying and facing fatal conditions. Now this level of arrogance is certainly an increase from the former level. 

The surgeon has to have this sort of confidence to be able to succeed under immense pressure.  Most would want that surgeon to be operating on them irrespective of his confidence level.

Similarly, for that matter, most would want the aforementioned baseball player. Some athletes exhibit confidence without overtly showing it.

For example, Lebron James does not brag about his skills. It is obvious that he is a superhuman basketball player, undoubtedly he knows it, and all he has to do is do it, which he does. Kobe Bryant is another example of someone who just does it without talking about it.  He is known as one of the most foremost closers in the entire NBA .

But actually, we are not on the basketball court, and we cannot hear what they are saying to each other. Many former professional basketball players said that Larry Bird talked the most smack, and the public never knew.

Confidence can be an asset, but one must hone it.

One for the road, "The killer awoke before dawn, he had his boots on."

Jimmy