A chip on his shoulder
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He's revived. He's coming back with a chip on his shoulder.
ANTONIO PIERCE I think Jamaal plays better with a chip on his shoulder.
BRANDON ROY He came in not with a chip on his shoulder, but with something to prove.
MIKE HOLMGREN I have a huge chip on my shoulder.
ERIC CHURCH Pittsburgh's a team with a chip on its shoulder.
MIKE MARTZ I really had a chip on my shoulder, ... and it still comes out every now and then.
JOHN LENNON It's hard for a fellow to keep a chip on his shoulder if you allow him to take a bow
BILLY ROSE It's hard for a fellow to keep a chip on his shoulder if you allow him to take a bow.
BILLY ROSE He's mean as a snake, has a big chip on his shoulder and can fly. That's the perfect football player...
TERRY GOUGH I was like any other inner-city kid with a chip on his shoulder because his daddy and his mommy wasn...
TRACY MORGAN It's hard for a fellow to keep a chip on his shoulder if you allow him to take a bow.
BILLY ROSE A chip on the shoulder indicates that there is wood higher up.
JACK HERBERT Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too.
YELAWOLF I dance like I have a chip on my shoulder. I dance salsa.
JAROD KINTZ Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.
BRIGHAM YOUNG He was young and he had some problems. Now, he's starting to get that chip (on his shoulder). Once h...
BRIAN CLODI I do have a little chip on my shoulder. I want to make a name for this state. I want to represent th...
CARSON WENTZ We had a little chip on our shoulder after what we did last week.
CURTIS MARTIN That kind of person can be done without a chip on his shoulder. I didn't want to be on a successful ...
ISAIAH WASHINGTON Coming in I think he had a little chip on his shoulder. They were giving him a little heat in Utah, ...
MILT PALACIO We had a little chip on our shoulder, losing the way we did last week.
CURTIS MARTIN We came in today with a chip on our shoulder to prove who we are.
BILL LAIMBEER A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life.
JOHN HANCOCK I pitched with a chip on my shoulder and it actually worked out good for me.
IAN SNELL I'm somebody that has a very big competitive edge and a chip on my shoulder.
ERIN ANDREWS I don't know if you can call it a chip on my shoulder or a monkey on my back, but I shed it today.
RORY SABBATINI Portsmouth just really came out with a chip on their shoulder tonight. Basically, Portsmouth went wh...
MIKE ROMPS I've been playing all four years with a chip on my shoulder. I just want to prove everybody wrong.
CRAIG SMITH What Tom did a great job with was that he made sure this team had a chip on its shoulder.
JASON RABADEAUX The best way to knock the chip off your neighbor's shoulder is to pat him on the back.
SOURCE UNKNOWN We've got a chip on our shoulder. We've won two state titles, and we want to do that year after year...
LEROY FOSTER A lot of people thought I was going to be a one-hit wonder, so I had that chip on my shoulder.
BUBBA SPARXXX It's a motivating factor. Anytime you lose to anybody, you have that chip on your shoulder. We have ...
MOHAMED ABUKAR To be completely frank, it really (ticked) me off, put a little bit of a chip on my shoulder. It gav...
ANDY RODDICK We're not as arrogant as they think we are. And I don't think they have a chip on their shoulder as ...
JAMIE MORRIS We're just forgetting about (last season) and moving on. The kids have something to prove. They have...
DENNY MARTIN I definitely play with a chip on my shoulder. Every play I'm trying to prove that I'm capable of bei...
MICHAEL FETTERMAN Leslie played with a little chip on her shoulder, but it was a good chip. It wasn't nasty or mean, b...
LYNN RIBOLINI He came in with a chip on his shoulder. He's got something to prove. They did a good job picking him...
MUHSIN MUHAMMAD The perception is that Philadelphia firms come in with a chip on their shoulder and have this 'why P...
CHRIS BEALS All of us keep each other on the ground, and if I had a chip on my shoulder or a big head about this...
JOEY FATONE I'm not going to say I have a chip on my shoulder. I'm not even thinking about last year. I can't wa...
EMIL BROWN And now they are making claims about my behavior, which is outrageous. This family obviously has a c...
DREW BARRYMORE He just has that chip-on-the-shoulder toughness, like a riverboat gambler. He's going for it. He's g...
BOBBY GONZALEZ I've always had a chip on my shoulder. It kind of drives me. It's something that allows me t...
DANIEL CORMIER The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and influence their actions. A chip on ...
JOHN A. HANNAH It's easy for me to be a Scotsman because of the overwhelming feeling of most people in Scotland of ...
BILL FORSYTH I came in with a chip on my shoulder. I wanted to prove to myself and the coaches missing out on me ...
GREG ESLINGER But all (underclassmen) have a little chip on their shoulder. I don't know what happens in middle sc...
JORGE AMAYA You have to play with a chip on your shoulder when you are on the road, especially in this league. I...
ALLEGGRIE GUINN I hope the kids have a chip on their shoulder after what happened to them up there. We need to get t...
CHAD WHITWORTH We played it up. We had a chip on our shoulder, and just about any time you have games like this, yo...
MACK MCCARTHY I think he has a chance to be really good. I was probably more impressed in person than I was on tap...
RAY GIACOLETTI This bump on his shoulder had become malignant.
DAVID BLUEFIELD Now, a reoccurring theme is that there was a chip on the shoulder of some of the administration. If ...
DENNIS HAINES I think it'll be a good game. They have a chip on their shoulder and I like that because that's what...
TIM WALTON I think John has a chip on his shoulder this year to really prove that he deserves this scholarship ...
KURT WOLFE I think we did come in with a little bit of a chip on our shoulder. We came out and did what we want...
CHAKHIA COLE I am. We know we can go into Cincinnati and win. We've done it before and I think we have a little c...
BRETT KEISEL I have a chip on my shoulder for Illinois. I haven't beaten them since I've been here, and I want to...
DAVID MOLINE They have the heart of a lion. They believe in each other ... I'm really proud of them. All season l...
BRENDA FRESE That's how serious he is about proving himself. This isn't even about playing with a chip on your sh...
ANTONIO PIERCE The way we played out there and the way they whipped our butts, that's going to motivate us. That's ...
DREW RICHARDS Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder.
NEIL INNES A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA You must have traveled all night,” she heard herself say.
“I had to come back early.” Sh...
LISA KLEYPAS I'm sure they're thinking we're a lowly Division III team and they'll come in and pound us. But if w...
ERIC KETTENHOFEN We all kind of have a chip on our shoulder. Let us be the youngest quarterbacks in the NFL, you know...
ALEX SMITH At first I thought I'd be heading in there with a chip on my shoulder or something to prove, ... but...
JASON BOONE John Schneider's cool. I mean, he is the epitome of cool. To be that confident without any chip ...
RANDY WAYNE Lacey had this huge chip on his shoulder. He walked into the room thinking that the people didn'...
SYDNEY SCHANBERG Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watche...
NICHOLSON BAKER Offensively, we need to come out with a chip on our shoulder. Basically, the whole team needs to com...
LANCE WHITESIDE One seldom recognizes the devil when he has his hand on your shoulder.
ALBERT SPEER A proverb is not a proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS It's funny because I think that genre literature can be looked down on by literature literature....
DON WINSLOW A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it
JOHN KEATS Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've wa...
NICHOLSON BAKER He put his hand on my shoulder and he said to me, 'Be careful,'
BARRY HAZEN He needed the hand on his shoulder, the kiss to his temple and the hot, ragged breath of his Master ...
CASEY K. COX Never kick a cow chip on a hot day
COWBOY PROVERB His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
BIBLE I think it kind of made them a little bit angry. It was something that we needed, maybe, to get a li...
CAROLYN COMPTON I don't think we came into the game today with a chip on our shoulder about not being ranked, ... We...
KELLY ROWLAND Put his shoulder to the wheel.
ROBERT BURTON A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two.
[A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther...
GEORGE HERBERT Either this wallpaper goes, or I do!
OSCAR WILDE ON HIS DEATHBED He balled up my discarded
sweatshirt and put it against his shoulder.
“Go on,” he said...
KELLEY ARMSTRONG The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
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JOHN KEATS It was either his helmet or his shoulder that hit my knee.
BRIAN LEETCH We have created a blue chip market for blue chip companies.
BOB GREIFELD The trainer from Palm Beach Lakes noticed a knot or bump on his shoulder and said it should be check...
JOHN WALKER I think what I try to do with all the naysayers, negative comments, or even people that think you ca...
ERIN ANDREWS It's my whole life of being the little guy and having a little chip on my shoulder, from year to...
DOUG FLUTIE In a moment of weakness, he craned his head and kissed her on the shoulder, where the drop of blood ...
MARISSA MEYER We all thought we could beat them. Nobody really had faith in us or hope in us, so we kind of had a ...
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