Wes Welker Quotes

I know, if I am playing well, I can be as good as anyone, and I want to show people who write you off and forget about you.

Little kids who get picked on and bullied can relate to the Lucha Dragons, who are smaller, but they're quick and exciting and never give up.

I've always felt like a little bit of an underdog at each level - never the tallest or strongest or even fastest. But one thing I've always tried to do was to play harder than anyone on the court.

I was an underdog my whole career, but I knew I had the ability to compete with those guys.

I was the undersized underdog who people never gave a chance. From that, the motivation to prove people wrong just grew and grew... Looking back now, I'm glad I didn't hit puberty until later.

I've been the underdog my whole career.

Victory is a thousand times sweeter when you're the underdog.

I always want to think of myself as an underdog.

I'm kind of a grinder. I'm a Cinderella, an underdog story who fights.

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.

We may have limped onto Broadway as the underdogs, but underdogs bite back occasionally.

I had teachers who said I was not good enough. So, I said I will become good enough. So I became this guy who became obsessed to become good enough. Now I sit down and tell people who I was. Now, I say, 'Do you know who I am?'

She's true to herself and she's determined. She has things going against her, but she forges ahead despite all of that. I think that's encouraging. She's got some problems, but she has hope and tries to plow through things. I think that's a good role model.

No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran.

People always underestimate me. But if you stick around long enough, act out of conviction, and try to be honorable in everything you do, good things will come to you.

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.

When I started acting, I was told over and over again, 'You're no good.' But I said to myself, 'You've got to keep it up.'

People underestimate me, but I've always been a stretch runner.

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

I suppose being fierce is a very good thing, and a very cool thing. But more than fierce, I think I'm a strong person and a strong individual. And that's what I take with me every day.

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 was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too.

I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.

Honestly, being a 5'11" quarterback, not too many people think that you can play in the National Football League. And so for me, you know, I knew that my height doesn't define my skill set, you know? I believed in my talent. I believed in what God gave me. I believed in the knowledge that I have of the game.

God's given me so much talent, and my height doesn't define my skill set. I believe that God has given me a right arm, and for some reason, even though I'm 5'11", to be able to make the throws and make great decisions on the field and all that.