Buster Douglas Quotes

People always put me completely out of the game, and that's even nicer because nobody expects you to do a good job and then you do a better job than everybody thinks and it's nicer.

I'm kind of a grinder. I'm a Cinderella, an underdog story who fights.

Nobody thought I would be a great coach.

I don't think anyone expected me to get the BAFTA. The bookies didn't have me down. It's definitely made a huge difference in my career, but I don't dwell on it.

If you would have told me that I'd be in a European final back when I was at Maidstone then I wouldn't have believed you.

I surprised the hell out of myself when I got MVP for the 2018 All Star Legends Celebrity game. I had no idea I was going to get that.

I understand it's promotion, but no one ever gave me a chance. No one ever thought I'd be the champ, and look where I'm at now.

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

I never dreamt to be headlining a pay-per-view card. That was never a goal.

I was one of those guys who wasn't supposed to make it in this league.

Did you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.

When I got interested in football, nobody was cheering for Kansas City. Kansas City was trash. I said, 'That's my team.' Then what happens? We get Joe Montana and Marcus Allen.

The NBA? Never in my wildest dreams when I was playing in Division III basketball.

A lot of people have these fancy facilities, these fancy training atmospheres, high-tech this and that... I believe it's about the fighter and how much work is he willing to put. I'm trying to show the world that I can make it happen from a garage. People don't believe it, but I know how to work with what I've got to get to the top.

No one expected you to amount to much," she told me. "Lori was the smart one, Maureen the pretty one, and Brian the brave one. You never had much going for you except that you always worked hard.

They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.

I thought I would be a go-kart mechanic - not an F1 driver

You're always a little surprised when something really takes off.

The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men.

Nobody thought I'd be a great coach. I'm the kind of guy you'd expect to be driving an 18-wheeler through town.

I never had it in mind that I would start a company one day and it would really be successful. I have just been motivated by working on interesting technology

Heroes do extraordinary things. What I did was not an extraordinary thing. It was normal.

When we are working at a difficult task and strive after a good thing, we are fighting a righteous battle, the direct reward of which is that we are kept from much evil.

If you get up early, work late, and pay your taxes, you will get ahead -- if you strike oil.

I'm sick of over-trained heroes. I'm really bored with that. Guys that are just ripped to shreds and full of skills. That's boring me. Give me the mechanic that picks up a weapon. Now I'm interested. That's my hero.