BBTiA: Blake Beavan Interview

Q: Are you cocky, confident, or a combination of the two?

Beavan: Every professional athlete is cocky in his or her own way. That’s what makes you good. Whether it’s cocky as far as showing people in body language, or the quiet cocky, I think everybody is some sort of cocky. I’d say I’m more confident than anything. Back in high school I’d tell you that I was definitely cocky, but now I’ve been through a year and a half of professional baseball, with instructs and stuff, and it brings you back down to earth and humbles you and makes you realize that you aren’t the only good athlete out there—that you are going to have to work just as hard, if not double the effort of the other guys, if you want to be on that stage.