Quotes About Underdog

Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.

I am extremely proud of my rags-to-riches story. It's fun to be a misfit or an underdog if you acknowledge your gifts and befriend your obstacles.

From a planning perspective, I thought Compton was phenomenal. It has a huge potential to be a great city, and I always bet on the underdog.

Ultimately, 'Cinderella' is the story of the underdog. You root for her in this fairytale; the girl who has nothing, deserves so much more, and gets it.

The more people that learn about you, even if you're an underdog, then you can come under fire a lot and the more attention you get and the more threatening or dangerous you appear to people. And the more people try to knock you down.

I was always interested in the fringes of culture and society and in expressing myself in a distinctively different way, like always rooting for the underdog, that kind of thing.

It's always fun to be the underdog and surprise people. It certainly puts less pressure on you.

You can ride your bike to anywhere in Portland if you want to. I think there was a charming underdog mentality when I first moved here in the late '80s that is definitely gone. People acted more like underdogs, dressed more like underdogs.

I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe we're all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother.

I think fans fall in love with the so-called underdog.

The oddsmakers can have me as an underdog. I've been an underdog my whole life, and I've been proving them wrong my whole life. Those are just numbers.

I've been the underdog before. It's a place I like to be.

Jews are underdogs - not in my world, obviously, they're not.

It's better to be the underdog than have all the pressure, for sure.

Spiderman is the underdog, and I love underdogs.

I perform better when I'm the underdog and everyone is against me. I thrive on that.

The underdog is a person that's at risk, a person that has a lot of big trials you have to overcome. I mean, that was my life.

I've often talked about metal being the underdog in rock n' roll music.

I love being the underdog. I'm cool in my dog house.

I've been an underdog my whole life with the shape that I have and the way that I look. But once I get in the ring it's a whole different ball game.

Everybody likes the underdog, because everybody feels like the underdog. No matter how successful you are, you always think, 'No one's being nice enough to me!'

There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people who have suffered, people who have been pushed around by foreigners in particular, but also by their own people.

You can be an underdog, but you can beat the champion.

I had to really work for everything. I'm definitely an underdog. I think Jesus made me be in that situation to be able to relate to more people. That's why give back to the at-risk kids.