Jessie Vargas Quotes

I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning.

I wasn't a big guy. People thought the big guys would eat me up. But it was the other way around. I loved to fight bigger guys.

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

For a long time, we got no respect. People thought we just got lucky. They said we were a one-record wonder.

People looking down, looking down, don't think a guy like my stature can be an All-Star. And every night I try to step out there and prove them otherwise.

I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty.

All my life, people have been underestimating me.

I'm used to people not paying me a whole lot of attention and underestimating me and, frankly, for me a big challenge is to have people believe that I can be the president of the United States.

I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored.

I was always told that I was too small, too skinny, too slow, not tough enough, and I never ever believed what people told me.

I've always had to prove myself to people growing up. I had to show them that I could do this and I could do that and paying no mind to what the critics said.

God, I mean I had so many people tell me, 'What you're doing doesn't work.' I used to have to get on stage and apologize for talking the way that I speak.

I am used to people underestimating me.

There are a lot of people who don't believe I deserve to be recognized as one of the top-10 best and I don't necessarily disagree with them.

My whole career, when I was in Croatia, people questioned me, saying I wouldn't make it, that I wasn't good enough because I wasn't big and strong.

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 have had it all over the years, being told I'm not good enough. So whenever the chance comes I always try and prove I should be starting.

I know who I am. I'm a former world champion.

So many people were ready to write me off as being washed up at 20, I started to believe all that negative stuff myself.

Everybody says they're going to knock me out, and no one's done it yet.

Being a world champion is something I'm already proud of and can take for the rest of my life.

I feel like people are just waiting for me to fail, so I have to be careful what decisions I make in my career.

Going in, I knew I wasn't one of the top ones, because I didn't even make the pre-season All-American team. That shows you what people thought of me right there, so I knew I had to go to work.

And then, as the years went on, I just kept moving along, busting into doors and getting roles, until I started to actually believe that what these other people were saying was true.