Justin Tuck Quotes

Coming from a smaller school, you kind of have a chip on your shoulder, so to speak.

Going in, I knew I wasn't one of the top ones, because I didn't even make the pre-season All-American team. That shows you what people thought of me right there, so I knew I had to go to work.

I'm somebody that has a very big competitive edge and a chip on my shoulder.

I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.

I'm not afraid to say I'm competitive.

I know, if I am playing well, I can be as good as anyone, and I want to show people who write you off and forget about you.

I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.

You tell your kids that no matter what, you set your goals and you go for them. Whatever it is you achieve, never give up. You want your kids to have that good attitude, the confidence, and the will power to believe in themselves.

Whenever there is a big game and people don't think I can do it, I always play my hardest, and now it has become a part of me.

Being 5' 10, I was supposed to be too short to play college volleyball. So that gave me the hunger and the fire to say, Oh yeah? I'd just hit the crap out of the ball.

I'm aware if I'm playing at my best I'm tough to beat. And I enjoy that.

If I'm not Top 10 or seeded every tournament, it really doesn't matter. I can beat anyone on a good day.

I just think, as a people in general, we should always look at ourselves as the underdog, so we should always go harder than the next person.

I love putting a chip on my shoulder. It's just more motivation to go out there and show my ability.

I've thrived on people writing me off. Because if you write me off, I'll shut you up.

As long as I'm healthy and feeling good, I will compete with anybody.

I love when people tell me that I was gonna be a bust. I enjoy when people tell me, 'You suck. You can't dribble. You can't shoot,' because it's like, gotta go to the gym.

As athletes, the biggest asset that we bring to the workplace is our work ethic, our confidence, our never-say-die attitude. We're about winning.

I always try to find something where I feel like I'm kind of the underdog and kind of put that little chip on my shoulder.

Great players always play with a chip on their shoulder no matter if they have a reason to or not.

Ninety percent of the media picked Pavlik, and I always appreciate naysayers. That's what motivates me.

If I am in it, I want to win it. I am not here to look pretty.

To cope with today's competition, you need to do whatever you want but with passion, confidence and attitude to match.

I'm always going to feel like the underdog. I feel like that's the kind of mind-set I want to have and if I do lose that mind-set, I want somebody to slap me in the face and say, 'Hey, pick it up and get back to the roots.'

I know that I can beat everybody, and this is what also gives me a lot of confidence and motivation for going out there and playing with a lot of emotion.