Tom Glavine Quotes

Why can't we be Greece in the Euros? Why can't we be Leicester in the Premier League? Tell me why not.

It's always fun to be the underdog and surprise people. It certainly puts less pressure on you.

The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think may happen doesn't happen. A champion is beaten, an unknown becomes a champion.

At Euro 2004 - my first as a player - Greece won the title. A team nobody thought could win it.

I have three beautiful children and a World Series ring. That's all I need.

This is why cup finals are so special because on the day anyone can beat anyone. That's what it's all about and that's why for me the FA Cup and the Carling Cup are the best cups in the world. That's the beauty of the cup.

It's nice when little teams win.

When I became the manager of the New York Yankees, it was an opportunity to realize my lifelong dream of winning the World Series. We were fortunate enough to succeed in our first season in 1996, and in the years that followed, we wrote some great new chapters in Yankee history.

I grew up a Phillies fan. Me and my buddies tailgated a couple of times when they won the World Series. I like just being in that atmosphere.

As the Olympic torch neared Lake Placid, N.Y., in 1980, signaling the opening of that year's Winter Olympics, newspapers and magazines throughout the world offered predictions on who would win medals in the major sports. Not a single publication gave the American men's hockey team a chance against the world powers.

Against Juventus we were massive underdogs, so to beat them was fantastic.

The Leicester story is great for the game in England. It's great for the appreciation of the Premier League.

Look at a player like Divock Origi. No one was talking about the guy and then suddenly he becomes a hero.

In sport, the underdog does come out on top quite a bit.

I've won league championships, and I helped pull off a massive NCAA tournament upset - our 15-versus-2 win over Duke in 2012.

In football, surprises are always possible.

I remember I was a dark horse at Miss Universe. No one saw Miss India coming from a mile and suddenly there she was!

My dream was to win the World Series, and I know the fans' dream was to win the World Series as well. So we are on the same page, and I really enjoy my time in Houston.

The only thing on my mind now is getting that World Series ring.

I am used to coming in second and then all of the sudden finishing in first because nobody expected me to do it. Kind of like David and Goliath, you know. I'm not the giant.

It's so hard to win a World Series.

We play to win the World Series, and that's our goal.

Everybody knows that, in football, anything can happen.

A lot of times you go to a fight and the crowd will be for a certain fighter who is the favourite but if the underdog shows he has a chance they sometimes even swing to side of the underdog.

The Cubs - with their passionate fans, dedicated ownership, tradition, and World Series drought - represented the ultimate new challenge and the one team I could imagine working for after such a fulfilling Red Sox experience.