Tough Quotes

You take yourself to a place where you've got absolutely nothing left and then you find out you have to push yourself one more step. That's a tough place to be in.

The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there's no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it more easily understood, particularly to people who don't know as much about music.

I think I'm a really tough player.

Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart.

It's tough to break into this business - now more so than ever.

To chase an athlete that really doesn't want to speak with you and when you finally get him, gives you three words and you have to write a story based on three words of information he gave you, that's pretty tough.

You know, one of the things I've learnt since coming out of office is how much easier it is to give the advice than take the decision. I mean, you know, it's tough.

The Houston Astrodome was kind of a tough field.

It's always tough when you lose - you've worked so hard for that moment and it hasn't gone the way you wanted. But you have to realise there's always a bright side, you have to pick yourself up and get ready for the next game.

Sometimes I have a tough time getting along with myself. When I was a child, I needed a lot of attention... and I don't have a small ego. For me, appearing on a stage or presenting a cake is the same thing. You need a crowd around you to do it.

I'm just a tough old woman.

A Democrat has to show the toughness to govern. People don't doubt that Republicans will be tough.

I've got a tough act to follow.

Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a very tough race.

When we win, it will tell every politician in America that if you are bold, if you do the right thing, if you tackle the tough issues, there will be people standing there right with you.

It's tough being me.

When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.

I'm tough on the outside and soft on the inside... I'm really a shy guy.

Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week.

My mom was tough.

Peter is an old friend. I'm heartbroken, but he's also a tough guy. I'm counting on him getting through this very difficult passage.

If you read Keats's poems, they're often full of doubts and anxieties. They can be quite tough.

I've had a tough time with Pynchon. I liked him very much when I first read him. I liked him less with each book. He got denser and more complex in a way that didn't really pay off.

What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked 'a majority of the majority,' or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America's security foremost in mind?

My men and I have decided that our boss, the president of the United States, is as tough as woodpecker lips.

I embrace everything about Ally... I don't particularly see her as a whiner. One week she's tough, the next she's really weak. I love that. She's human.

I grew up surrounded by these tough, ballsy, strong women. They were also adoring women, but they were the kind of women who would argue over what kind of pants you were wearing or the color of your nail polish.

There's certainly pressure to find your audience early. You need to paint the picture, but it's tough trying to find the balance between a show that people can tune in on any given week while still grabbing the people who are there every week.

You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.

All women do have a different sense of sexuality, or sense of fun, or sense of like what's sexy or cool or tough.