Kelvin Sampson Quotes

I love being the underdog. I'm cool in my dog house.

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

I'll always have a chip on my shoulder. I always view myself as an underdog.

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.

It's wonderful being the underdog.

Batroc is a laughable character. I'm the one who always makes fun of him.

People laugh at me, and that's fine. I laugh at myself, too.

Even before I made my high school team, I'd say I want to be a NBA player, and people laughed at me with, 'Get out of here, you ain't going to be a NBA player. You don't even play basketball.'

Everywhere I've gone, basketball-wise, I've been the underdog and underrated guy.

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

I've been criticized my whole career. When I got drafted in the second round in the green room, they said I wouldn't even make it in the N.B.A.

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

I've faced the undefeated, young up-and-comers, everybody counting me out before, on a big card, with big lights, TV.

When your name is Twinkle, you are a bookworm, and a fat child, then you have to be ready to be made fun of. As a child, I used my fists a lot, but then the tongue seemed like a better option. So I started using words as a sword to jab fun at myself.

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.

I'm a guy that always had to prove himself on every level I've played, always was the guy that was overlooked.

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.

It's no better feeling than coming into a game being the underdog, and everybody going around telling you you can't win, and people say we going to lose by this much and that much.

I've been under-estimated myself quite often, and in some ways I quite enjoy it.

Don't underestimate this little fat boy.

A lot of people didn't believe in me.

For a long time, we got no respect. People thought we just got lucky. They said we were a one-record wonder.

I was told I was going undrafted. That's what I was told by everybody. I guess I wasn't good enough in everybody else's eyes.

I play with a chip on my shoulder always, I feel like people don't always give me credit for my skills and talents and that's just the way it is. I also don't care too much, I don't feel like I'm crazy disrespected. I have a chip on my shoulder at all times.

Naysayers have been saying stuff my whole career.