Charles S. Dutton Quotes

I watched Sly Stallone and the 'Rocky' movies over and over again. They were fantastic.

I grew up watching 'Rocky.' I still love that movie, the original one.

We may have limped onto Broadway as the underdogs, but underdogs bite back occasionally.

I would love to do Tammi Terrell's story. I love stories of the underdog coming out on top and stories of survival.

I was a complete, total nerd... I loved the idea that the underdog wins more often than not. And I don't know if that happens in life. But I want it to.

My favorite movie of all time is 'Rocky.'

My last fight wasn't the way I wanted it to go so there is a hole there; don't count me out.

Win one for the Gipper.

As you know, I'm all about victory for the underdog.

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 love winners when they cry, losers when they try.

There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog.

Reality show? You can't find anything better than boxing because of the trials and errors, the ups and downs, the struggle when you get knocked down to get back up. Use it symbolically and interchangeably for life.

I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

When I started my campaign for Congress, I was one who people said, 'Tulsi, you have a bright future, but there's no way you can win.'

With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.

Whatever be the challenges, whatever be the obstacles before us, I say to you as I say to everybody else that we will overcome.

I relate my life a lot to 'Cool Runnings,' the movie.

I have been the struggler of the century. Fortunately, everyone loves the underdog.

I just saw 'Men, Women & Children' last night, and it's a devastating movie in a lot of ways, but it's so well done, so well acted.

I've been an underdog all my life.

My dad was in a hospital for months. The doctors told my dad he would never be able to walk again. My dad beat all the odds. He came back and was able to walk and start boxing again. He went to No. 1 in the world at welterweight to fight for the world title. But he never had his chance to fight for a world title.

'Rocky' and 'Rocky III' were the best.

Even in the past, going out to Germany to fight for the world title I was the underdog, was getting no praise and I went in there very confident I would win and that's what happened.

I felt quite an affinity with 'Rocky' in my career. It's been like 'fight the business' all the way up.