This blog should hit home with several of my friends because we all seem to agree on the idea I'm about to mention.
That idea is this:
Having a silent swagger is acceptable when you've accomplished something in your time in high school, but some kids have a cockiness about them when they have achieved nothing in their high school career.
I can think of plenty of senior guys who walked around the halls like they were the best thing to touch West Allegheny's halls. In reality these kids were the quitters. They were the kids who hung out with and drank with freshman. They were the ones who were talking to or dating the freshman. They were the same kids popping pills and sleeping in class. They walked around like they were better than everyone else when in reality they hadn't worked for or earned an ounce of respect. Not in my eyes at least.
The kids I respect are the ones who walk around with what Coach Palko referred to as a "silent swagger." These are the kids who know what they've done and they don't need to pretend to be better than everyone else. They don't talk the biggest game but they know deep down what they're capable of. They have faith in their abilities but never feel the need to tell others about that faith. They'll tell you what they can and can't do, and they'll still do their damnedest to achieve even what appears to be out of their reach. They're the kids I respect the most.
If you have something to be cocky about, avoid being cocky and instead conceal it in your own little form of silent swagger. Don't walk around and act like you're the biggest and baddest. Let the kids with nothing to be confident about do that. You'll be able to see through it and in the end you'll be the more successful one.
You don't need someone to tell you that you're a better person, you just have to know it.
NP: Open Your Eyes- Snow Patrol
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