Paul Millsap Quotes

Most of the stuff that I do talk about, about being counted out and being an underdog, 'cause that's what I feel like I am.

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.

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 feel like we're always going to be the underdog, but we like that. It's a really cool thing and it inspires us. It pushes us.

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

I've always said I'm a good horse but I'm still an underdog.

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.

I've spent my whole life with people underestimating me.

I've always felt like the underdog, and I'm comfortable with that label.

I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.

I'll never lose the sense of being an underdog.

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

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

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

When people push back on you and don't think you can do it, and you struggle a little bit and wonder if they're right, it drives you to be successful and to be a great player.

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.

There was times when I was bullied about dancing and stuff. But you couldn't hit me hard enough to stop me from doing it.

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.

I feel like I've been proving people wrong all my life.

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.

That's when you know you're the greatest: when you're the greatest, and people still put odds against you.

I don't get why people look at me the way they do. They doubted me the first time I became a world champion. Then, I fought Sadam Ali, who was a boogeyman in the division at the time, and won my second title and they were still doubting me.

I feel every time I score I prove people wrong. People doubt me all the time. They do that to all players but for me it's, 'He's too slow, he's too old.' It annoys those people every time I score and it drives me on.