Marcus Allen Quotes

To be underestimated is my biggest motivation.

The one way to get me to work my hardest was to doubt me.

I just think, as a people in general, we should always look at ourselves as the underdog, so we should always go harder than the next person.

Nothing really comes easy to you when you're under-recruited, you're undersized, you're undervalued. It's a situation where you have to be better than the bigger guys.

I love when people tell me that I was gonna be a bust. I enjoy when people tell me, 'You suck. You can't dribble. You can't shoot,' because it's like, gotta go to the gym.

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.

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 know, if I am playing well, I can be as good as anyone, and I want to show people who write you off and forget about you.

I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

I've always had a loud mouth, and for that I've gotten a lot of attention. I did falter in some big competitions in my career, but being counted out and not being seen as a threat is something I'm used to.

I know that I'm going to have to work hard, keep working hard, and not because of this victory think, 'I'm back.' I don't think like that. I'll definitely work hard. Things are not going to be easy. I might lose first round next week. You never know.

A lot of people underestimated me, and I'm used to that.

I like being the underdog. I like turning around and shutting people up when they tell me I can't.

I've been a guy that everyone has counted out over the years as an undersized four-man. I've always been doubted.

I haven't done nothing in this league. Every day I come into practice or come into a game, I'm just trying to prove myself.

I've thrived on people writing me off. Because if you write me off, I'll shut you up.

I'm always going to play with chips on my shoulder - with something to prove.

Guys want to make a name for themselves, they look at my age and think they will run over me. It's not like that, though. I'm tougher than that.

I like being the underdog so they don't expect what's going to happen. It pushes me to work harder and do the things I'm not doing better.

I'm always the underdog, and I go in there and win the fights.

I was an underdog my whole career, but I knew I had the ability to compete with those guys.

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.

I'm going to keep proving people wrong because I have a lot of people to prove wrong, a lot of doubters.

I love when people doubt me. I love when people don't think that I'm good enough to play at a certain level, not good enough to be a starter, things like that. That's the stuff that drives me.

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