Joe Flacco Quotes

I think it's the same for everyone in any walk of life - if people put you down, you want to prove a point.

You always feel like you've got something to prove, whether it be to yourself or somebody else. I can think of plenty of people along the way telling me I'll be nothing, working at McDonald's, doing things like that. The whole time, you're just trying to prove them wrong.

If I would have listened to other people back in 2000 telling me I should have stopped playing basketball because of a kidney disease, I wouldn't have won a world championship.

If you are different, or you have minimum possibilities, you can still succeed. I am living proof of that.

Even my closest friend said I was finished, but I think I may be a little different from the others.

I've always been seen as the underdog in everything I've ever done in my life, and it doesn't bother me in the slightest. The lessons have just made me stronger.

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

When I graduated from Parsons School of Design, the dean at that time said I would never be a designer. Obviously I didn't listen.

I've been an underdog all my life.

People I looked up to a lot were, you know, Oprah because she had a rough childhood but overcame so many obstacles and broke barriers to become who she is. It was really eye opening to me: just because I had a rough childhood doesn't mean that I can't make something of myself.

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

My whole life, people have doubted me. My mom did. People told me in high school I'm too short and not fast enough to play basketball. They didn't know my story. Because if they did, they'd know that anything is possible.

At West Ham, I was the last person to be offered a scholarship. I remember an Under 18 match against Fulham. I was 16 and had to prove myself. Everyone else already had their scholarship. It was probably one of my best games. Knowing that every day I'd have to fight has made me into the person I am today.

I could have gone down a very different path, but my parents would not let me give up football.

In hockey, it was a freak show. I'm the son of actors and from California, and in Canada, hockey is a religion, so me coming in, it was like, 'Who the hell is this guy?' I just had to put my head down and work really hard, and it was difficult, but it made me who I am and gave me a backbone.

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

It's really cool to come from nothing and essentially be a nobody and make yourself somebody.

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

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.

People leave United and tend to drift out of the game. I actually think I became a better player and a better person. I proved a lot of doubters wrong.

I've been the underdog my whole career.

I was one of those guys who wasn't supposed to make it in this league.

Even through all those Pro Bowls, at the end of the day, I was always just a seventh-round pick.

Do battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future.

Give your best to the challenges. And what you get will be even better.