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It's always better to shock people and change people's expectations than to give them exactly what they think you can do. It's not unexpected for me to be in a comedy film anymore; I'm no longer the underdog in that world. Not that I'm great or good at it or anything, it's just that I've done a bunch of them, so you're not shocked. -- Jonah Hill
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! -- Wally Cox
My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog. -- Bo Jackson
With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower. -- Johnny Weissmuller
I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech. -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
When I see something unjust, I have to intervene - it's hard for me to watch the underdog suffer. -- Kristen Bell
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
I'm very competitive by nature. And I like to be the underdog - It's the best way to win. To come from behind and win is a great feeling! -- Zac Efron
A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdog. -- Irving Babbitt
I believe that my art gets across the point that I'm in this morality theater trying to help the underdog, and I'm speaking socially here, showing concern and making psychological and philosophical statements for the underdog. -- Jeff Koons
The lunatic fringe wags the underdog. -- H. L. Mencken
Well, fans always root for the underdog. -- Maria Sharapova
Victory is a thousand times sweeter when you're the underdog. -- Jenny Han
Hate it or love it, the underdogs come out on top. -- Curtis Jackson
There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog. -- Halle Berry
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win. -- E. W. Howe
I grew up in Sydney in a very political household, where we were all for the underdog. -- John Pilger
We Americans are a peculiar people. We are for the underdog, no matter how much of a dog he is. -- Happy Chandler
I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society. -- Jessica Hagedorn
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! -- Kate Beckinsale
Don't talk to me about aesthetics or tradition. Talk to me about what sells and what's good right now. And what the American people like is to think the underdog still has a chance. -- George Steinbrenner
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. -- Lakhdar Brahimi
It bothers me to know there is the possibility that I as a Christian would be not only an underdog, but that I would be trodden upon if I claimed that I was a Christian. -- Lee Greenwood
It's harder to be funny if you're handsome than if you're very normal-looking. It's just more relatable. You're the underdog. I mean it's funny to see people struggle, and you don't buy that Brad Pitt is struggling, you know that guy could be the most skill-less guy in the world, but if you look like that you will be fine for the rest of your life. -- Jonah Hill
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
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
I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds. -- J. Cole
I think that everything I do tends to root for the underdog. -- Judd Apatow
I've always felt like the underdog, and I'm comfortable with that label. -- Pink
I'm a big fan of the misunderstood, the vilified, the underdog, the breaking of myths. -- Dominic Monaghan
I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe we're all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother. -- Vikas Swarup
The outside perception and inside perception of Microsoft are so different. The view of Microsoft inside Microsoft is always kind of an underdog thing. -- Bill Gates
I think people have always liked in me the combination of being the underdog because I'm a tiny woman but I have enormous authority in myself. -- Linda Hunt
I love an underdog. No, I don't necessarily mean the cartoon. I mean like David, as in Goliath, or the Bears, as in The Bad News Bears. -- Nancy Lublin
It seems like everybody's perception of me is very bipolar. To one group, it's overpaid, overrated; to another group, it's underpaid, underrated, underdog. It's funny to me because there's no real balance. -- Jeremy Lin
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
I really liked 'Starter For Ten' because I grew up watching 1980s teen films like 'St. Elmo's Fire' and 'The Breakfast Club' and I've always wanted to play the underdog lead hero in a 1980s-inspired film. -- James McAvoy
I just want everybody to know my music and get to know my squad, Remy Boyz; just to show people New Jersey. New Jersey got talent, too. I mean, everybody sleeps on us, and they put us as the underdog. -- Fetty Wap
I love everything about Philadelphia, and its food is like the city itself: real-deal, hearty, and without pretension. We've always had an underdog vibe as a city, but that just makes us try harder, and I love our scrappiness and scruffiness. -- Lisa Scottoline
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. -- Gerard Way
Consciousness-one level is understanding where we are in space. Consciousness two is where we understand our position in society: who's top dog, who's underdog and who's in the middle. And type-three consciousness is simulating the future. And type-three consciousness, only humans have this ability to see far into the future. -- Michio Kaku
Any time you have defensive ends going above you in the draft, when you know you put up numbers that were equal to better, you just have to use that as motivation. Whenever you're the underdog, you have to have the right attitude and just go out there and be yourself; just play. -- Justin Tuck
Everybody loves the underdog, and then they take an underdog and make him a hero and they hate him. But as long as they can knock you back down, it seems like if you're an underdog again, and things do surface, and they think this is real, 'these guys' intentions are genuine and sincere,' it seems like they will embrace you again. -- Fred Durst
I'm used to being the underdog. -- Mario Williams
I've always had an underdog perspective. -- Jason Reitman
Being an underdog is my lucky charm -- Alexis Davis
I'm the most underdog underdog there is. -- Barry Goldwater
I think everyone roots for the underdog. -- Johnny Knoxville
The underdog winning is the romantic position. -- Malcolm Gladwell
Keith Deller's not just an underdog, he's an underpuppy! -- Sid Waddell
I'm the underdog, but know what I'm capable of. -- Mark Philippoussis
I don't think anybody chooses to be an underdog. -- Billy Bob Thornton
I've been the underdog in my life since I was a kid. -- RZA
In my mind, I always think of myself as an underdog type. -- Zooey Deschanel
I've always said I'm a good horse but I'm still an underdog. -- Martina Hingis
People only rooted for the underdog in movies, not in middle school. -- David Wright
I'm identifying with the underdog. And it makes totally sense to me. -- Colin Munroe
Always bet on the underdog. They've got ambition and nothing to lose. -- Clint Borgen
I feel like I'm more of the underdog, which is kind of nice. -- Katie Hoff
I love the underdog stories. I love people who refuse to give up. -- Phil Keoghan
I'm kind of a grinder. I'm a Cinderella, an underdog story who fights. -- Zach Johnson
You grow up skinny in Canada; in working-class Montreal, you're definitely the underdog. -- Jay Baruchel
I have a personality defect where I REFUSE to see myself as an underdog. -- Mindy Kaling
[Michael] Gove will be the underdog fighting for the underdog in this leadership race. -- Dominic Raab
Life is never more fun than when you're the underdog competing against the giants. -- Ross Perot
There is something about Midwest in general, that has kind of an underdog quality. -- Celeste Ng
When you're an underdog, you're forced to try things you would never otherwise have attempted. -- Malcolm Gladwell
We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog because we see ourselves in them. -- Shane Koyczan
The Britisher is the top dog and the Indian the underdog in his own country. -- Mahatma Gandhi
I'll never lose the sense of being an underdog. I'm capable of a lot more. -- Esai Morales
It's never an upset if the so-called underdog has all along considered itself the better team. -- Woody Hayes
I've always been very outspoken and a supporter of the underdog, because I'm one as well. I -- Patricia Montandon
It's exciting to go from snowboarding to skateboarding because I get to start as the underdog again. -- Shaun White
Sometimes we're actually right when we go with our gut and stand on principle in supporting underdog candidates. -- Sarah Palin
America champions the underdog. We champion the underdog until he's not the underdog anymore, and he annoys us. -- Ricky Gervais
I know I'm always rooting for the underdog in a fight, and I love to be constantly surprised. -- Gina Carano
I am on the side of the underdog except when I am on the side of the rich -- Errol Flynn
As a human being, I will always feel that where there is oppression, I am with the underdog. -- Hany Abu-Assad
The average American is for the underdog, but only on the condition that he has a chance to win. -- Bill Vaughan
Everybody loves the underdog, and then they take an underdog and make him a hero and they hate him. -- Fred Durst
In all our pictures, we had an antagonist who becomes the good guy, and the underdog fulfills his quest. -- Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Glee is more then just a show now. It's become a wonderful culture celebrating the underdog and glorifying individuality. -- Darren Criss
It's not unexpected for me to be in a comedy film anymore; I'm no longer the underdog in that world. -- Jonah Hill
That's why I wrote 'Fighter'. I have that need in me to help people. I am all about the underdog. -- Christina Aguilera
Compassion without wisdom is dangerous. It's what enables people to support the 'underdog,' even if the underdog is evil -- Dennis Prager
From a really young age, I was into female empowerment and supporting the underdog. Right now, I'm into female vengeance. -- Rose McGowan
Everyone knows what it's like to feel like the underdog. Everyone wants to be accepted. Ultimately, everybody wants to be loved. -- Charlie Day
I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe were all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother. -- Vikas Swarup
People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog. -- Wayne Gretzky
I was glad to watch the soccer because it helps my tennis game, realize maybe they're just rooting for the underdog. -- Serena Williams
If you're from South London you feel like you're always trying to win people over, so perhaps that underdog passion comes through. -- Jessie Ware
I would love to do Tammi Terrell's story. I love stories of the underdog coming out on top and stories of survival. -- Wendy Raquel Robinson
Every athlete at his peak is going to perform with a different mental cocktail. I thrive in the underdog, reserved, it's-not-over-till-it's-over mindset. -- Kevin Jorgeson
I have an underdog spirit in me, and now it feels weird to kind of get my own way more often than not. -- Mindy Kaling
I've always been aggressive and an underdog, and my dad was worried that I would always be that: constantly seeking inspiration from negativity. -- Doseone
The feeling of being an underdog, not belonging, is very much me. You harbour a little feeling of resentment towards the 'upper dog'. -- Asa Larsson
Literature, fiction, poetry, whatever, makes justice in the world. That's why it almost always has to be on the side of the underdog. -- Grace Paley
I think it's always nice to have a film where the underdog comes out on top, doing their best, and surpasses everybody's expectations. -- Kimberly Elise
Boxing is made for film - there is corruption, violence, tragedy and the chance that the underdog can catch the champion with one lucky punch. -- Asif Kapadia
Most of the stuff that I do talk about, about being counted out and being an underdog, 'cause that's what I feel like I am. -- PJ Harvey
Comedians usually are rooting for the underdog. I mean to take a shot at an underdog I think is really stupid and low and not funny. -- Joy Behar
Michael Gove is the right leader for the country. He can speak out to the aspirational underdog in our society, the kid from the council estate . -- Dominic Raab
Our family were outsiders, and I've always had a sense of the outsider, the underdog, and a strong sense of justice towards people who are excluded. -- Andy Serkis
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!' -- Kate Beckinsale
I think the president's quite comfortable being the underdog. I think he's happy to run this race from - as if he were behind the whole time. -- Robert Gibbs
There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog. I'm always fighting to overcome the obstacle. I can really understand what's that about. -- Halle Berry
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. -- Lily James
To me, being Australian is about looking after your mates, taking care of the less fortunate, supporting the underdog and enhancing the spirit that makes all Australians unique. -- Steve Waugh
People tend to favor the underdog, like in the movies we favor the underdog, but when it comes to voting, we vote for the bully. It's so strange. -- Jon Gnarr
[The Specials ]was always going to be an underground, underdog kind of movie. But I love when people bring that up, because it's very early, vintage James Gunn. -- Rob Lowe
In America, it's quite admirable if someone's done well or been successful at whatever it is. Whereas in Britain, they're not. They only like it when you're the underdog. -- Aphex Twin
I couldn't quit, because of all the kids, and the blacks, and the little people pulling for me. I represent both the underdog and the overdog in our society. -- Reggie Jackson
The Brits always favor the underdog. There's an eccentricity to us, and I think you can see that through the fash- ion and the music and the way people look. -- Guido Palau
Ultimately, we'll help the people we discriminate against if we try to understand more about them; genetics will lead to a world where there is a sympathy for the underdog. -- James D. Watson
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
The majority of people pull for the underdog. Heck, even your friends don't like you to be too successful. We've lost enough over the years for me to maintain my friendships. -- Darrell Royal
... hunger and cold, ill-health and pain are nothing. They pass. The thing that remains is ignorant criticism, well-meaning but futile advice, the contempt of a subordinate, the feelings of the underdog. -- Alice Foote MacDougall
I have been an underdog my whole life, both in life and in politics. We're going to do well. We're going to pick up a lot of delegates on Super Tuesday. -- Marco Rubio
Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog. -- Philip Yancey
Ninety-five percent of women's experiences are about being a victim. Or about being an underdog, or having to survive... women didn't go to Vietnam and blow things up. They are not Rambo. -- Jodie Foster

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