Psh. Loser talk. People used to tell me if I kept saying "fuck" so much, the fucking joy of it would fucking die, but they were just deadass wrong. It's about confidence.

["Conviction," he almost says, along with something mean. Dude probably gets the idea that Maverick doesn't think much of his character, so he can ease off for the day.]

You just gotta sell it. Ain't you a fucking performer?