Deandre Ayton Quotes

I'm the best player in the draft. I truly feel that way. But I feel like you can ask anybody in the draft and they would have said the same thing. I just feel like I showcased it on many levels and I was put through so many different scenarios where I had to make the best out of it. And I had a lot of success with it.

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?

Yeah, I am pretty sure of myself.

I was a little bit of a cocky kid.

Be cocky. Walk into the Georgia Dome like you own it.

I'm a very modest person. But I'm also extremely confident. And if you put me in the situation or in the moment, I'm gonna have some swagger, I'm gonna have some cockiness.

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

I guess I have a little bit of an ego. I'm confidently cocky, you might say.

I have two bowls of confidence for breakfast each morning.

My mom always tells me, 'Joan, you're the brightest star. Embrace your strength and your power when you walk into a room.' So I always have that in me to have that confidence.

The thing about people from Chicago and the Northwest suburbs is that they're very cocky. I think that serves us well in the show business world.

I can be a little cocky.

I never get nervous and I'm always very confident to the point where some people think I'm cocky.

I think everybody goes through times where they're vulnerable and then times where you're confident and cocky.

I want to play in a club that gives me confidence.

I know this sounds arrogant or cocky or like I'm selling myself, but even on the court now, I don't think anybody can stop me. I just have that much confidence.

Before the game, getting guys in the right mindset and confident - you play well when you're confident. People can say 'cockiness' or whatever, but there are results when you play with a confidence and you believe in yourself.

I can't hear the critics talking over the applause.

I'm cocky. It's different. Cocky is playful.

Trust yourself, because as Oprah says, doubt means don't every time

Haters gonna hate, but here are the only words you need for them. Sashay, away.

No one can break me down. I know my worth and its a beautiful thing.

Confidence, not cockiness. Knowing who you are is confidence. Cockiness is knowing who you are and pushing it down everyone's throat.

That's okay, I'm still the Greatest.

I believe in myself. I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love.