Donovan McNabb Quotes

Of all the years playing football, I have never felt like an undisputed starter - that would be an error.

The whole 'SmackDown' roster has a chip on its shoulder.

I like to think that every player who gets left out comes back with point to prove.

We were given no chance against them, but we held our own and we will be trying to do the same this summer.

If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.

As I'm always fond of telling hosts at the Oscars who are doing it for their first time, for everybody who wins, there are four people who don't. As the evening wears on, the room fills up with losers, and then they are bitter.

You get so tired of having your work die. I just wanted to make something that people would actually use.

I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win.

I'll always have a chip on my shoulder. I always view myself as an underdog.

I have a huge desire to win. That is why I am aggressive in a positive sense on the field.

I'm the type of guy where I feel like if you throw me in against the guy that's gonna be my hardest match-up, I think that's gonna bring out the best in me, and I know that the best of me can beat anybody on any given day to become the world champion.

I love putting a chip on my shoulder. It's just more motivation to go out there and show my ability.

If I have a centre back giving me stick, I want to score and say, 'shut your mouth!' It makes me strive, man.

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.

There never were any roles for my kind of acting. That's the story of my life.

I'll see trash talk and people telling me why they're favorite fighter is going to beat me. It motivates me for sure.

I come from a sports background and the spirit was always alive to strive for more, and better.

It's no better feeling than coming into a game being the underdog, and everybody going around telling you you can't win, and people say we going to lose by this much and that much.

I come into each and every game and every season with a chip on my shoulder.

It's fun down there to actually go up against a 7-footer and you know you're undersized and you know people are telling you that you can't guard this guy, you can't do that. I take it as a challenge.

Sometimes, against the underdog, you can lose because they want it more. It happens to every team.

I had an older brother that would beat me in everything, and then he would rub my nose in it, and that made me work even harder.

I don't fear hostile atmospheres. In fact, that added pressure serves as an incentive for me to give my very best performance on the pitch.

Always being an underdog, always being the player or the person nobody really knew, that always kept a chip on my shoulder.

I'll always have a chip on my shoulder until I hang my shoes up. No matter how long I play this game, the chip on my shoulder will always be there. That won't change.