Chip On Shoulder Quotes

When I'm out there, I play with a chip on my shoulder regardless of the situation.

It's never come easy for me. I don't think my mind allows me to rest ever. I have, I think, a chip on my shoulder, and some deep scars that I don't think were healed.

I've always had that chip on my shoulder, felt the need to prove myself.

I'll always have a chip on my shoulder until I hang my shoes up. No matter how long I play this game, the chip on my shoulder will always be there. That won't change.

I've just always played with a big chip on my shoulder, and that keeps fueling me.

My whole career, I've been an underdog, I've been underestimated. Therefore, I've had a chip on my shoulder my entire career. Being drafted in the second round when you think you're supposed to be in the first round, a lottery pick, the chip grows bigger. And you have more to prove.

I played for Miami, with LeBron. They cut me. I got drafted by the Lakers, they traded me to Miami. Bron got there, they cut me. I remember it like it was yesterday. So yeah, it's a chip on my shoulder.

I think I have a little bit of a chip on my shoulder, but I think that's good.

I could live in a house in the sky with a golden car and have a billion dollars in the bank, and I'd still have a chip on my shoulder. When I feel slighted, I hold on to that. It's a good thing.

I have that blue-collar mentality. I've always played with a chip on my shoulder, and I've always been hungry to learn.

Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too.

He always had a chip on his shoulder that he was ready to use to kindle an argument.

I think what I try to do with all the naysayers, negative comments, or even people that think you can't do it, I'm trying very hard to use it as motivation and to add to that chip on my shoulder.

I always want to find something to get you to play with a chip on your shoulder.

Obviously, having my dad's last name, I think that's more the chip on my shoulder because it has been a mixed blessing. I always will have the Flair stigma, and I think that's where I deserve to be there or this, or I'm not just his daughter. I think that's the chip on my shoulder.

I just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage - maybe I carry a little chip on my shoulder with just how tough it was for my parents to overcome some of those financial situations.

I was like any other inner-city kid with a chip on his shoulder because his daddy and his mommy wasn't together.

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

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

I am pushed by my critics. I don't want to say I want to prove them wrong, but it pushes me on the field to play with a chip on my shoulder, and I play best when I have a chip on my shoulder.

I've never felt opera was a party I've been invited to, and maybe I've got a bit of a chip on my shoulder about it.

We try to pride ourselves in having a chip and being hungry every game.

In the beginning, though, I have to admit that I did have a chip on my shoulder. I did want to prove everyone wrong. But after I went through the process and came out the other side, it wasn't about anyone else.

Some experiences can give you a chip on your shoulder, but they also teach you the value of independence and looking out for yourself.

You have to have that dog-eat-dog kind of mentality. I think me playing football all my life and having that chip on my shoulder, not really getting the opportunities that I wanted, really carried over to track and field. It allowed me to use all that energy and put it in the direction of being the best track athlete that I could be.