with out having extremely high self confidence. I suppose we can call that "cockiness" but in order to perform at that level a person would have to be that. I don't think it "removes them from reality" I think it is just that their reality is different from those of us that aren't at that level. They can walk into a room, or onto a field, and know that they are better at what they do than anyone else doing it. I would love to have that sort of confidence, I don't have it.