Against All Odds Quotes

In sport, the underdog does come out on top quite a bit.

… snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.

The impossible happens.

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

Turning a campaign around when you’re behind is like pushing a wet noodle up a hill with your nose.

This campaign was special because we always kept the challenger mentality we had from the start. We managed to keep the against-all-odds, can-do spirit that kept us going when no one thought we could win.

At Euro 2004 - my first as a player - Greece won the title. A team nobody thought could win it.

It's a miracle when something actually turns out well because there are so many ways for it to go wrong.

The underdog winning is the romantic position.

Victory is a thousand times sweeter when you're the underdog.

It's wonderful being the underdog.

You never know if you can actually do something against all odds until you actually do it.

America is full of success stories featuring victories by the underdog.

The possibility that a provincial town could win the League completely bucks the trend.

I'm the most underdog underdog there is.

I am used to coming in second and then all of the sudden finishing in first because nobody expected me to do it. Kind of like David and Goliath, you know. I'm not the giant.

There is just this for consolation: an hour here or there, when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open and give us everything we've ever imagined , though everyone but children (and perhaps even they) knows these hours will inevitably be followed by others, far darker and more difficult. Still, we cherish the city, the morning, we hope, more than anything, for more. Heaven only knows why we love it so.

I shouldn't have survived that accident. Science didn't give me a single chance. I basically survived for about 50 minutes with less than one liter of blood. Science says that's simply impossible.

Never tell me the odds!

There's no bigger thrill than beating the guy you're not supposed to beat or winning a race you're not supposed to win.

The doctor said, 'He can't last a week.' And I did. And they said, 'There's no way this kid's going to last a month.' And I did. And so they said, 'Two years. He's not going to make it.' Two years. 'Five years. He can't do that.' I lived to be five years. 'He's never going to hit double digits.' And here I am, a new teenager.

Against Juventus we were massive underdogs, so to beat them was fantastic.

Everyone wants to root for the underdog.

It's been a crazy ride, truly a Cinderella story.

I've always loved the underdog characters.