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.

Everyone wants to root for the underdog.

For the majority of my amateur boxing career, I was the underdog weirdly enough and that served me well.

To my father, Notre Dame represented the underdogs of the world, the Italians, and the Polish people. I told him that one day I would play football for Notre Dame and worked hard to make that dream come true.

I've been the underdog my whole life.

I always try to find something where I feel like I'm kind of the underdog and kind of put that little chip on my shoulder.

I'm a big fan of the misunderstood, the vilified, the underdog, the breaking of myths.

I just try to fight for the underdog, and try to fight for those who are locked out of the sunshine of opportunity.

Don't try to make a big bluff on the turn with a drawing hand. With only one card to come, even a big draw is an underdog against a made hand. Keep the betting small.

I always go for the underdog or the rogue or the rebel.

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

I've always been passionate about the concept of helping the underdog. It just doesn't make sense to me as to what kind of person would take a huge platform and not use it to do something, to change something, to help people.

How many times do you read about 'the Cinderella story,' the story of the underdog, the story of the ordinary human being, often subjected to cruelty and ignorance and neglect, who somehow triumphs?

Well, fans always root for the underdog.

I have this rule. It's called 'Top Dog-Underdog:' Underdog gets to make fun of Top Dog, but Top Dog can't make fun of Underdog. But you know what? You get Top Dog, you get to be Top Dog. Congratulations! And that dynamic happens not just in race but in many different ways. It's like the male-female dynamic.

When you're the underdog, you just lay low and work.

I am the underdog, and I want to prove that one can follow one's dreams despite all the flaws and setbacks.

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

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.

I always want to think of myself as an underdog.