Josh Allen Quotes

I don't care about that All-Star bonus, to be honest. It's just about my legacy.

I'm continuing to prepare very well because I have my responsibility and my (pride) as a man and an athlete.

When assumptions were made that I was going to bail out there was a little part of my brain that thought 'I am going to do to prove them wrong'. In the end that wouldn't be coming from my heart and doing what was right.

Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.

I love the game of football so every time I step on the field I'm going to do me. I'm going to go hard for the guys in the locker room.

I want to prove the naysayers wrong. They're everywhere. And to be honest with you, they're all I see, and they're what motivates me.

For me, I already fought some of the best people there are. I already did, you know, what I need to do for me.

If I see a fan talking down on my resume or another fighter, it just motivates me to go out there and prove them wrong and fight the fighters that they say will beat me or that will give me trouble in the ring. They ain't going to never really give you no credit, no matter what you do.

I'm OK with having a really good football player with a chip on his shoulder because he's going to come to prove to not only the people that didn't draft him, but himself, that I'm a pretty good football player.

I always thought the best part about sports was the bigger, faster kids who were supposed to be more athletic than me - I always beat.

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 have really high expectations for myself, so I just want to go out there and compete.

I made it a goal of mine to fight the biggest challenges, so that people can appreciate who I am as a fighter.

As an actor you always want to be challenged and you always want to have someone tell you you can't do something, because I always want to be like "I can do it and I'll show you I can, and I'll do it better than anyone can".

Every single life only becomes great when the individual sets upon a goal or goals which they really believe in, which they can really commit themselves to, which they can put their whole heart and soul into.

I won't be happy unless I finish Lyoto Machida.

I'm not trying to put on airs for anybody. I'm only trying to impress myself by doing the best job I can do.

Work very very hard. This business is no joke. Make sure you know what you want or you might be taking someone else's view instead of your own.

I don't work for money any longer. I work for pride.

Every time somebody ever told you that you weren't gonna amount to anything, you know, that's your time to shine, you know? You can show everybody and prove to yourself what you're doing is real and that it counts and that it makes a difference.

When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to beat myself, basically. People find that hard to believe because we've had such a bias to always strive to win things. If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work hard for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from.

I want to do something I feel like I can do.

You look at Ray Lewis, you look at Brett Favre. I know it's different positions, but you think about the mental mindset it takes to continue to grind and play at a high level. Those are the guys that I look at that motivate me.

You should do things because of what your expectations are of yourself.

What, I have actually loved it, because I've been underestimated every step of the way, and it's so exciting when you can prove them all wrong.