Avi Kaplan Quotes

I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

Every time somebody calls me out or tries to start something, it's motivation.

With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.

It's always discouraging to lose. You look at it and think, 'Man, what's going on?' It's always discouraging. But I'm a fighter. I don't like to quit.

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

I'm always the underdog, but I don't mind that.

I always believed in myself, and even in the bad times, when I'd do bits of greatness here and there, it was those kinds of things that kept me alive and helped me to get to where I am now.

I turned sadness into an anthem for not letting anything or anyone slow you down.

When I was playing in Santa Cruz or Mogi Mirim, they told me I was not the best. Nobody believed in me. The others would always be the top stars. But I did not let that get me down.

When you're an underdog, you're forced to try things you would never otherwise have attempted.

All the people who knock me down, only inspire me to do better.

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.

When people tell you you're on the brink of death, you've got to dig pretty deep to get it together.

When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.

I have always liked a challenge.

I like a challenge.

When I hear people boo, that just makes me want to go out there and work harder.

My songs have always had hope and perseverance in them - I never write songs that have no escape hatch, no positivity.

My job, my whole life, I've always had that kind of doubter, people have always doubted me. And I don't know how I would succeed without it. So I welcome it, and it gives me a challenge, and I will see if I can live up to my challenge.

The people who influenced me most were the people who said I would never make it. They gave me a thirst for revenge.

Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

I can understand how some people might resent me for having the audacity to continue playing music, but it'd take a lot more than that to stop me from doing it. I started Foo Fighters because I didn't want to retreat.

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I've been through and end up in a place where I never thought that I would be.