In sport, the underdog does come out on top quite a bit.
When I wasn't working on Broadway, I worked in a Bat Mitzvah dress shop and was the Cinderella of the shop - always cleaning and vacuuming!
What a strange life I lead- a kind of Cinderella-life-half glitter in crystal shoes, half mice and cinders! But it is a wonderful life all the same.
I grew up poor. I had no money. My family was poor. There's things I wanted to do and couldn't. I was an abused wife. Just - there's tons of things that I couldn't even mention. And for me to come up and to have all of this fame and fortune, it's just - it is a Cinderella story to me.
In 1893, Miss M. Roalfe Cox brought together, in a volume of the Folk-Lore Society, no less than 345 variants of 'Cinderella' and kindred stories showing how widespread this particular formula was throughout Europe and how substantially identical the various incidents as reproduced in each particular country.
People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
Third-string quarterbacks, fourth-string quarterbacks - they get their opportunities, and they shine.
Modern responses to Cinderella's predicament are interesting. If you're not careful, you'll think, "Well, she's just a big wimp. She should fight for her rights. She should call the government."
With While You Were Sleeping, it was so much fun and such a Cinderella story, that I didn't want to do another romantic comedy. I wanted to do the opposite.
The Final Four is what we play for. That's what we're trying to do. That's what's important.
March Madness is an incredible three weeks. I firmly believe it's the greatest three weeks in sports. You have the Super Bowl; you have the World Series.
At Euro 2004 - my first as a player - Greece won the title. A team nobody thought could win it.
The reality is you don't have to be the No. 1 pick to make it big anymore.
I'm kind of a grinder. I'm a Cinderella, an underdog story who fights.
Cinderella is making her Broadway debut. It's an honor to step into that position and, in that way, I am creating a role because it's never been done on Broadway. I feel so honored.
Medicine, likewise, because it deals with things, has always been for our serener circles a Cinderella, blooming maid as happily as she has grown nevertheless.
Look at a player like Divock Origi. No one was talking about the guy and then suddenly he becomes a hero.
Ultimately, 'Cinderella' is the story of the underdog. You root for her in this fairytale; the girl who has nothing, deserves so much more, and gets it.
Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.
I just love playoff basketball.
As Cinderella would probably tell you, even a prince who only recognizes your footwear is preferable to a lifetime of cleaning grates.
In football, surprises are always possible.
The really amazing part, to me, was when Florida made it into the Final Four, the Democrats didn't demand a recount.
If you believe in Cinderella, and if you can suspend your disbelief at midnight, then you can believe in the interdisciplinary midnight, the 'in-betweens,' and become fortunately entangled, moving from art to science.
Even through all those Pro Bowls, at the end of the day, I was always just a seventh-round pick.
