joe forte camp

[MD Longhorn]

I don't know you... I only know you by what you write. But you don't come across as confident, you come across as cocky. Perhaps this might help:

Confidence is an internal thing more than an external thing.
Cockiness is an external thing more than an internal thing.

Confidence is often seen in your actions, and your reactions.
Cockiness is often seen in your words.
And if you're truly confident, and not cocky, you don't need those words.

Your ending statement in your first post, no matter how you try to wrap it up, comes across as 100% cockiness, not confidence.