Sentence examples for underdog himself from inspiring English sources

But since tolerance has become the norm, he also insists that he has become an underdog himself.

"Dad came from a poor background and had made the NFL as a long shot," says Fitch. "He was always an underdog himself, so he thought, 'Let's get this guy out here and have some fun.'".

To be sure, Barack Obama was an underdog himself going into the 2008 primaries, but there is no one of comparable gifts in sight this time around.

At this the underdog pried himself loose and looked up at the rooter.

In a recent Times-Herald interview, the 39-year-old underdog described himself as a fiercely independent social libertarian.

Chief among these are the working-class work ethic, and the closely related desire of the underdog to prove himself.

As he grew older, black America would become his fantasy within a fantasy — a space where he could be both the free man he wanted to be and the underdog he considered himself to be.

After several highly publicized remarks that left many in his party questioning whether he had crossed the line in attacking a fellow Republican, Mr. Santorum has struggled to find the balance between being a tenacious underdog and leaving himself open to criticism that he is just an embittered also-ran.

Does the "underdog" really rank himself lower, even visually?

Despite all this, Mr. Vas does not see himself as an underdog -- though he calls himself one in a recent television ad -- and says that it is an insult to argue that he should not run for the open seat.

Schilling, who has 216 career victories to Carmona's 20, called himself an underdog.