Tough Quotes

Baseball life is a tough life on the family.

It's hard enough to get any movie made, and when you take on these tough genres - and I've done it a couple times - it just makes the whole struggle more.

Hockey is a tough game.

I'm used to being the big tough guy, the bodyguard type.

I had me jaw broken, and so my chin stuck way out. That's how I became tough - I learned to pick up anything and fight back.

If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening in the first place.

She needs to seem tough, and whatever Hillary's weaknesses, tough is a pretty good word to describe her.

Life is very tough. If you don't laugh, it's tough.

Sometimes guys need to cry. Some hockey players think they're too tough to cry.

At a time of economic recession, the need for Medicaid and other safety net services is even greater. And we don't want to raise taxes on people who are having a tough time paying their bills.

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

I know how tough it is to stand up to powerful forces that prey on consumers.

I was ready in 2008 for the Olympic Games but unfortunately I missed the Kenyan trials with a thigh injury. I watched those Olympics but it was tough to watch. But it was good in the end because a Kenyan, Wilfred Bungei, was the champion.

But life is tough and if you're creative, it's tougher.

Being a reporter and chasing down an assignment isn't an easy thing to do, especially when you're dealing with athletes that are so focused and trying to get their little game plan together to perform under adverse conditions... it's tough.

I really always felt that I was going to be an actress. I had a lot of confidence in the fact that I would do well from a very early age. I didn't know how tough the business is.

The nominee is Mitt Romney. Paul Ryan joins Mitt Romney. The budget plan, the approach on Medicare and all of that is going to be the Romney plan. What he has is a man as his number two who understands the details of budgets, who has demonstrated a willingness to take on tough issues.

The idea that every time you do a film you're supposed to be tortured confuses me. I mean, guys who say, 'Oh, it's really tough, my character is really suffering' -come on. For us, even in the rotten ones we've had a good time. I don't think you have to suffer.

We are being tough in saying it is a duty on the unemployed in future not only to be available for work - and not to shirk work - but also to get the skills for work. That is a new duty we are introducing.

My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.

Some said he shouldn't save Detroit. But President Obama made the tough and right call to save more than a million American jobs in an important, iconic industry.

Center is a very tough position to play.

I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's how VI came to life.

I'm strong, I'm tough, I still wear my eyeliner.

Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.

Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing.

Still, it's tough trying to combine my acting career with my college career.

I realized that I would have some very tough sledding, and I was very discouraged because I didn't see much hope of getting into the field I wanted to get into with no college education.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.