Proving Critics Wrong Quotes

I've been a guy that everyone has counted out over the years as an undersized four-man. I've always been doubted.

When I started singing, people said I couldn't sing because I was a music director. I proved them wrong.

For a long time, we got no respect. People thought we just got lucky. They said we were a one-record wonder.

But the best revenge for naysayers is living well. And living well is doing your job and taking care of your family.

The competition, the naysayers, the owners who talk too much. The people who don't think a 36-year-old can do what I do. I take a lot of pride in my craft, I work really hard at my craft everyday, and I'm a true professional.

People say a lot of things about LeBron, but he just keeps having a good mentality and grinding. That's what I try to do, proving people wrong by what I do on the court.

In the preseason, you usually only get a small window of opportunity, but when you get out there for four quarters and you're able to put it together, then you're able to go out there game after game and continue to get better, it was great, especially when I was able to prove a lot of my critics and naysayers wrong.

If I see a fan talking down on my resume or another fighter, it just motivates me to go out there and prove them wrong and fight the fighters that they say will beat me or that will give me trouble in the ring. They ain't going to never really give you no credit, no matter what you do.

I've been around since I was 19, I won the Oscar when I was 21, I've had a couple of TV series. I've continued to work despite the predictions of some naysayers.

This one goes out to all my critics: don't you feel stupid? Look how I did it. Look how it came to pass when I said it.

I don't get why people look at me the way they do. They doubted me the first time I became a world champion. Then, I fought Sadam Ali, who was a boogeyman in the division at the time, and won my second title and they were still doubting me.

I feel every time I score I prove people wrong. People doubt me all the time. They do that to all players but for me it's, 'He's too slow, he's too old.' It annoys those people every time I score and it drives me on.

There always will be stereotypes that women can't drive. When I hear the comments, it just makes me more determined to prove them wrong.

A lot of people thought I was going to be a one-hit wonder, so I had that chip on my shoulder.

I'd been told countless times, even before I got into pro wrestling, that I would never amount to anything and that I'd never achieve this dream.

There is too much said about me but this is what gets me more motivated to work harder and prove everyone wrong.

There are some people saying I'm a tweener - not tall enough for a power forward and not fast enough for a three. But I feel like if I go out there and play hard, it will eliminate all that.

So many people were ready to write me off as being washed up at 20, I started to believe all that negative stuff myself.

Look at Romelu Lukaku. He has scored the most goals in the league, even though some doubted him. He has proved everyone wrong. I am trying to go down that path myself, proving every doubter wrong.

I suppose when people are criticising you and saying that you are not really worthy of going to such a club as Liverpool, it gives you a little bit more drive and more desire to prove them wrong. And that can only help you in the long run: make you a little bit tougher mentally.

When I came into Red Bull, everyone thought, 'He's just the happy, nice guy; he's fast, but he can't race hard with these top guys.' That was a reputation I had to dismiss.

Yes, there is an image people have of me, that I did only sweet boy roles. With 'Ek Villain,' I got the opportunity to break out from this image. It is a way of answering my critics, to tell them I am here to perform and not just for glamour.

It's unbelievable when I think back to when I was a kid that one day I would have achieved so much through boxing, and to think my teachers laughed at me when I said I was going to be a boxer.

I have this drive to prove people wrong - people who thought I should give up or assumed I'd never get anywhere.

I am a firm fan of shutting naysayers up; I've done it my whole life. People have doubted my abilities through different phases, and time after time, I've made them put their feet in their mouth.