Steve Spurrier Quotes

I wanted to look back and say to those coaches, 'You're wrong, I'll be the one who kicks on and makes it'. Only I could change that opinion.

Proving to my friends, family, and the people that I love that they were wrong - that in spite of my age and my lack of experience, I could change sport and achieve something really special - gives me a lot of satisfaction.

My story is all about proving myself, no matter what level I'm on.

I could have gone to a bigger school. I use it as motivation going to a school that loved me. I wanted to put them on the map and show everyone that you don't need to go to a top school to make it in the NBA.

When I hear people say that they don't think that I can do something or they don't think I belong somewhere, that's all it takes for me to prove them wrong, and it's motivation.

I'm going to keep proving people wrong because I have a lot of people to prove wrong, a lot of doubters.

Even after I got some recognition and success, I still had to work hard and prove myself.

Every year it's been people saying I can't do this or I can't do that. Y'all will see something different, I can tell you that.

I tell people to look at me and understand that everybody first told me that I couldn't be a 6-foot, 9-inch point guard, and I proved them wrong. Then they told me I couldn't be a businessman and make money in urban America, and I proved them wrong. And they thought I couldn't win all these championships, and I proved them wrong there as well.

In the beginning, though, I have to admit that I did have a chip on my shoulder. I did want to prove everyone wrong. But after I went through the process and came out the other side, it wasn't about anyone else.

I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.

I love proving that I can do something.

I think it's the same for everyone in any walk of life - if people put you down, you want to prove a point.

Everybody told us we would never make it. Even friends would say to me, 'Okay this band thing is cool, but seriously, what are you really going to do?' I can't think of anyone who believed in us, and that was fuel for the fire, because the more anybody said I wouldn't do it, the more I was like, 'No, I'm going to do it.'

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.

If people keep telling you you can't do a thing, then you need to find a really good reason to continue. If someone tells you you can't do something, how will you know? If someone tells you something is impossible, how will you know?

There's always people that say stuff about you. I just want to go out there and prove them wrong, and that's what motivates you.

I would say my parents were really supportive after a point. I had to prove to them that I am not just dreaming; I can really make it.

I never listened to people who said I wasn't going to make it.

Every time I go out there, I have something to prove. Something more, something different.

When somebody says I can't do something, it motivates me to do it.

Every year, every day, every month, I am proving myself.

There's a lot of people that hate on me, but I'm really willing to prove 'em wrong.

You always feel like you've got something to prove, whether it be to yourself or somebody else. I can think of plenty of people along the way telling me I'll be nothing, working at McDonald's, doing things like that. The whole time, you're just trying to prove them wrong.

When I was a kid, people kept saying, 'You can't do this, you can't do that,' and I wanted to prove them wrong.