Tulsi Gabbard Quotes

When I first ran for Congress in 1998, people counted me out.

I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

'I Told You' is for all the people who've been doubted, the underdogs.

I lost my first mayor's race. I lost the primary. But we came back and won that. So I know you've got to play to win, but you can't be afraid to lose.

I was a last round draft pick. Nobody wanted me. I could count the amount of scouts that told me to go to school, to forget baseball.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck could run for vice president.

It isn't that I was born thinking I had to be president. I'm getting a lot of encouragement to run from people across the country. I don't believe this is a rash decision.

I never thought I would run for Congress. If you look back at a certain reality TV show, you know that.

I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives.

I didn't plan on running for speaker, but I don't see anyone else stepping up. I know I'm the underdog.

I will run against anybody.

Don't write us off. Nobody thought we'd win the World Series in 2005, but we did. There are years when we think we're great, and we're bad. I mean, the funny thing about this game is that you can't figure it out.

I want to do my part in fighting for America's future. That's why I have decided to run for the United States Senate.

Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or base for what he wants to offer. Only he who in the face of all this can say "In spite of all!" has the calling for politics.

I've been an underdog all my life.

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.

I'm thinking of trying to talk Jonathan Toews into running for Congress. We could use him.

Would I consider a run for political office? Yes.

I like being the underdog. I like turning around and shutting people up when they tell me I can't.

My whole career's been an underdog's.

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 the underdog my whole career.

When I was 27, having never run for office before, I decided to run for Congress.

I first decided to run for Congress when I was 29 - and became a Representative at the age of 30.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.