“Play like a champion; train like an underdog” is a popular sports adage. “Play like a champion, train like an underdog” was cited on Twitter on February 10, 2011.
Authorship of the saying is unknown. The saying is sometimes credited to basketball star Michael Jordan, but the only connection is a fake Twitter account called “Not Michael Jordan.”
Twitter
Pāúł Jøñęš
@BAM_The_Creator
Play like a champion, train like an underdog
6:22 AM - 10 Feb 2011
Twitter
Devon Still
@Dev_Still71
RT @SRKid713PJD Play like a champion, train like an underdog
7:30 AM - 10 Feb 2011
Twitter
Austin D. Hottle
@AUStheBOSS77
Train like an underdog. Play like a champion
3:01 PM - 16 Nov 2011
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McDaniel’s mantra is to “train like an underdog so you can play like a champion” — a quote he attributed to Michael Jordan, but a Google search could only connect it to a suspended Twitter account posing as Jordan.
Twitter
Not Michael Jordan
@itsMichaelJ
Train like an underdog. Play like a champion.
7:20 PM - 6 Nov 2013
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14.Play like a champion. Train like an underdog.
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