Tough Quotes

I can be extremely vulnerable. People are tough on me because they think I can handle it.

Journalists are accused of being lapdogs when they don't ask the hard questions, but then accused of being rude when they do. Good thing we have tough hides.

I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.

I've been hearing this since I first joined the Reds organization, that I'm going to be the next this or that. It's tough on a young player coming up. You show some positive things and everybody jumps on that and says you should be the next Willie Mays.

Being on stage isn't so tough compared to the football pitch.

Sometimes when the going gets tough, people give up.

Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet.

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?

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.