Paul Millsap Quotes

All my life, people have been underestimating me.

I am used to people underestimating me.

I'm used to people not paying me a whole lot of attention and underestimating me and, frankly, for me a big challenge is to have people believe that I can be the president of the United States.

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

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.

The one way to get me to work my hardest was to doubt me.

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

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.

Nobody really knows how I fight or what I'm capable of. Nobody has high expectations for me. I get to go out and prove I belong.

I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty.

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 wasn't a big guy. People thought the big guys would eat me up. But it was the other way around. I loved to fight bigger guys.

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.

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.

You have people that know they have the talent, but sometimes they get scared when success is in their face.

A lot of people underestimated me, and I'm used to that.

I'm kind of a smaller guy in my given profession, and people always told me I'm too small, so I know how it feels to have people tell you you'll never be anything.

I think everybody is always selling me short, and then I always prove them wrong.

I'm just ready to go out there and prove to everybody that I'm not as small as everybody says I am.

I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning.

I like to see people doubt me.

I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored.

I have no regrets at all. I have done quite well for myself. I didn't have a conventional face, but I have done well, and I am proud of it.

I have been underestimated for decades. I have done very well that way.

I think people look at me and don't expect much. Even though, I expect a whole lot.