Underdog Quotes

• It's always better to shock people and change people's expectations than to give them exactly what they think you can do.

  Jonah Hill

  Thinking, People, Giving

  Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. September 21, 2011.

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• Beware of barking at underdogs; don't fight with people who have nothing to lose.

  Dory Previn

  Fighting, People, Outsiders

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• Victory is a thousand times sweeter when you're the underdog.

  Jenny Han

  Love, Life, Regret

  Jenny Han (2010). “The Summer I Turned Pretty”, p.133, Simon and Schuster

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• The fact of being an underdog changes people in ways that we often fail to appreciate. It opens doors and creates opportunities and enlightens and permits things that might otherwise have seemed unthinkable.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Opportunity, Doors, People

  "Malcolm Gladwell: 'If my books appear oversimplified, then you shouldn't read them'" by Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2013.

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• Life is never more fun than when you're the underdog competing against the giants.

  Ross Perot

  Inspirational, Fun, Giants

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• It's never an upset if the so-called underdog has all along considered itself the better team.

  Woody Hayes

  Team, Upset, Ifs

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• With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.

  Johnny Weissmuller

  Winning, Self Control, Self Discipline

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• When you're an underdog, you're forced to try things you would never otherwise have attempted.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Trying

  FaceBook post by Malcolm Gladwell from Nov 25, 2013

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• Hate it or love it, the underdogs come out on top.

  Curtis Jackson

  Hate, Adventure, Rapper

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• We were over-whelming underdogs.

  Yogi Berra

  Motivational, Sports, Coaching

  Yogi Berra (1998). “The Yogi Book”, p.29, Workman Publishing

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• I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Softball

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• I'll never lose the sense of being an underdog. I'm capable of a lot more.

  Esai Morales

  Loses, Capable

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• Topcats often begin as underdogs.

  Bernard Meltzer

  Love, Life, Relationship

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• If you're an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don't fit in, if you're not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero.

  Steve Guttenberg

  Encouraging, Uplifting, Hero

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog because we see ourselves in them.

  Shane Koyczan

  Cheer, Grew Up, Grew

  "To This Day ... for the bullied and beautiful". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February, 2013.

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• I've always been seen as the underdog in everything I've ever done in my life, and it doesn't bother me in the slightest. The lessons have just made me stronger.

  Victor Ortiz

  Stronger, Done, Lessons

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• I love underdogs, people who have achieved extraordinary things against the odds.

  Phil Keoghan

  Odds, People, Extraordinary Things

  "Adventurer. Storyteller. Host of the Amazing Race". Interview with Zoe Kors, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 25, 2013.

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• I love the underdog stories. I love people who refuse to give up.

  Phil Keoghan

  Giving Up, People, Stories

  "Adventurer. Storyteller. Host of the Amazing Race". Interview with Zoe Kors, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 25, 2013.

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• I'm the underdog, but know what I'm capable of.

  Mark Philippoussis

  Knows, Capable

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• You about to play an opponent who is either bigger, stronger, faster or more experienced than you. Is there any hope at all? Absolutely, because one factor is in your favor: You are the Underdog!

  Micah Miller

  Motivational, Play, Stronger

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• I love stories about misfits and underdogs.

  Elizabeth Banks

  Stories, Love Story, Misfits

  "Elizabeth Banks Talks PITCH PERFECT, Returning for THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE, TINK, and LEGO: THE PIECE OF RESISTANCE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 2, 2012.

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• The lunatic fringe wags the underdog.

  H. L. Mencken

  Inspirational, Funny, Eccentric

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.622, Vintage

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• I'm for the individual as opposed to the corporation. The way it is the individual is the underdog, and with all the things a corporation has going for them the individual comes out banged on her head. The artist is nothing. It's really tragic.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Artist, Corporations, Way

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Everybody loves the underdog, and then they take an underdog and make him a hero and they hate him.

  Fred Durst

  Hate, Hero, Hate Him

  "Fred Durst promises 'brutal' new Limp Bizkit album", www.mtv.com. March 08, 2005.

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• You guys have to understand that I started in as deep of waters as there is. I've been the underdog since the first time I put gloves on. I love my fans but I don't give a crap about who thinks who is gonna win or not. This isn't a team sport. I'm the one that has to deal with the person fighting in front of me.

  Joe Warren

  Sports, Team, Fighting

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