Fate protects fools, small children and ships named Enterprise.
— William Riker, Star Trek: The Next Generation ("Contagion")
Seneca Crane: Everyone likes an underdog.
President Snow: I don't.
President Snow: I don't.
Jonah: We're underdogs but a lot of the times it's the underdogs that end up winning.
Amy: That's not true. They just make movies about the few underdogs that do.
Amy: That's not true. They just make movies about the few underdogs that do.
I’ve spent 38 years of my life investing in the idea of a title meaning something, so don’t bring your cynical sports atheism to my fucking house. I don’t wanna hear another guy complain that a title game is low quality because two wild card teams lucked their way into it. I still like underdogs. They are GRITTY and SCRAPPY and got to the title game because HEART. Stop turding up the punch bowl.
— Drew Magary
, "Not All Hot Takes Are Stupid!"
, "Not All Hot Takes Are Stupid!"A perfectly-honed retread of every other movie about how a team of losers wins the big game. Oops! I gave away the ending!
— Roger Ebert on Little Giants
I don't know much about sports, but I do know about sports movies. We too are a ragtag team of lovable misfits joined together to defeat a powerful enemy. With a little team spirit and a Training Montage, we can win.
— Luz Noceda, The Owl House
The impossible is not Saudi Arabia! Impossible is not a word that exists in the Saudi and Arab dictionary!
