You know, in politics when you come in third, it's a win.
It's amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency." —George W. Bush, June 14, 2001, speaking to Swedish Prime Minister Goran Perrson, unaware that a live television camera was still rolling.
When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it.
Jackpot, Max! Jackpot!" It was Fang and he was giggling hysterically. For those of you just joining us, Fang doesn't giggle, esspecially hysterically.
I ended up moving up to lightweight, which I didn't want, and fought a really tough guy, Will Brooks, and beat him like nothing.
At Euro 2004 - my first as a player - Greece won the title. A team nobody thought could win it.
I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day.
No way did I ever think I was going to win the 100m.
I've been invited to the Grammys with other friends who were nominated. I'm like, 'Naw, I'm not gonna go until it's my time.' And who knew it was gonna be, like, the next year? It's crazy.
Heaven alone knows why I won it.
It's always fun to be the underdog and surprise people. It certainly puts less pressure on you.
Scott Brown is a superstar. Scott Brown won a race that nobody expected Republicans to even be competitive in, and he was able to do it at a time when nothing else going on, so he captured the attention of conservatives across the country.
The very fact that I became mayor in 1977 conveys how you can't figure out what the people will do. Nobody thought I would be elected. When I entered I got four percent of the vote in the first poll, four percent.
The campaign is over. The people have spoken. And this man [Donald Trump] busted through a blue wall that nobody expected. He won states like Wisconsin and Michigan and Pennsylvania, which should have been Hillary Clinton's the whole time. And they were his because of the message, because of the way he's a master communicator and a master connecter.
I ran for president of the student council at my high school in Louisville. And ran against a guy who I thought was better known and little bit better student and managed to win.
The possibility that a provincial town could win the League completely bucks the trend.
I remember I was a dark horse at Miss Universe. No one saw Miss India coming from a mile and suddenly there she was!
There's nothing better than a team that comes out of nowhere and finds themselves in the World Series.
Trust me, when they read the [Oscar] results, my face was...frozen. But then I thought about it, and I just decided just to...let it go.
Nobody expected Darryl Glenn to win, and he's won every time.
When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.
I was the last person to announce I was running for Congress in a big district, and I still won.
After winning so many debut awards, I never thought I would win for 'Ishaqzaade.'
I won a scholarship to come to LA and compete in a modeling and talent completion and was amazed when I won it. I had never acted before in my life and won the acting category. I began to wonder what this is about and then decided to see what happened.
I never knew I'd be in a musical, let alone win an award for one.
