Martin Henderson Quotes

A misfit like me getting anywhere in Hollywood as I somehow have, seemed, certainly at the time of 'Spanking The Monkey,' kind of out of reach, or not a very realistic take.

Fred VanVleet's story - here's a kid who's not very fast, not very tall, undrafted, had every excuse to not make it big and here he is and he's gonna be one of the top free agents.

Like Nemanja Vidic, I came from a small town in a small country in Eastern Europe, but we had reached the top.

I know that a lot of people take inspiration from the fact that I was just a common man with no film background who turned into a star.

I was a freshman and auditioned for the school play. Freshmen usually never got cast. I was the first freshman to be actually given a legitimate part and it was that feeling of 'Wow! I broke the system!'

To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.

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

People told me it was impossible to beat the Americans at their own game; there was a lot of politics involved and outsiders didn't stand a chance. But if you're good enough, nothing else matters - I'm living proof of it!

Who can't relate to a story of a dreamer who, against all odds, is going to make something of himself that is completely unexpected?

I'm proud of the fact that I was able to overcome long odds.

I am a five-foot six-inch, dark, ordinary-looking man. People didn't imagine that I would make it.

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

You never know if you can actually do something against all odds until you actually do it.

My father came from nothing, so he believed that people could do anything if they worked hard enough. I think he liked that I chose to be an actor. Both he and my mom were totally supportive.

I look at someone like Kathryn Bigelow, and I have so much admiration. She's playing in the boy's sandpit, and winning.

I became a writer in spite of my environments.

I've had the school of hard knocks, and I've worked my way up to be the governor of this great state of Connecticut.

A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn't have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can accomplish things they never thought possible.

I always wanted to say I came out of the cornfields and got to the major leagues. That was my biggest thought. But now I can say I came out of the cornfields and got to the Hall of Fame.

I am not a product of privilege, I am a product of opportunity

There's hardly any precedent for a guy like me to have the career that I've had. Because I grew up the way I grew up, I'm an in-your-face kind of guy. I developed that as a defense mechanism to survive in the streets. I do that in Hollywood in the service of my passion.

I'm just a kid that defied the odds. I'm just a kid that ignored the doubt. I'm just a kid from a little place in Dublin, Ireland, that went all the way, and I'm going to continue to go all the way.

I wanted to prove to people it doesn't matter if you come from a small little island: that you can make it in this industry.

I was the kid that was the 199th pick that never had the body for it. People didn't think I'd play one year in the NFL, and now I'm going on my 17th year.

This worldwide spread of recognition is insane. I was brought up in a small country. If you made a Swedish film that just got into a film festival somewhere, that was like the biggest thing you could wish for.