A Democrat has to show the toughness to govern. People don't doubt that Republicans will be tough.
Al From
Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles.
Alex Karras
One of the things I noticed while I lived in New York City was how different the kids and teens were that grew up there versus, you know, my suburban upbringing. They have this innate resilience and toughness to them, and they're incredibly self-sufficient, usually from a pretty young age.
Alexandra Bracken
One of the things about being raised British in Africa is that you get this double whammy of toughness. The continent in place itself made you quite tough. And then you've got this British mother whose entire being rejects 'coddling' in case it makes you too soft. So there's absolutely nothing standing between you and a fairly rough experience.
Alexandra Fuller
I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.
Anais Nin
From the age of seven, I basically started practicing my hand-eye and foot coordination, balance, strength, endurance, discipline, and mental toughness three days a week until I was about 15.
Ashton Eaton
If I really felt like I was the world's greatest athlete, I'd get 10 great events. But I know that's pretty much not possible. That's the toughness of the decathlon.
I really want to test my athletic ability, my toughness, and my skills against those guys who are in my ballpark size-wise.
Baron Corbin
When I'm thinking of sports, when I'm thinking of a boy growing up and being a man, I'm thinking of three things - honor, integrity, and toughness.
Ben Askren
Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of.
Bethany Hamilton
Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.
Bill Russell
Team chemistry is what really matters, your team chemistry and team toughness.
Bob Stoops
Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
Bobby Knight
I suppose there is a lot of toughness in me.
Boy George
I started playing basketball when I was about three years old. After that, everything else just came naturally. I had older cousins that used to let me hang with them, so I got my toughness from them.
Brandon Jennings
The Special Ops community has always been about mental toughness.
Brandon Webb
Because I don't look like I'm skating around as hard as Bobby Bassen doesn't mean my mind isn't working twice as hard as Bobby's mind. Just because I can't fight like Kelly Chase doesn't mean standing in front of the net getting cross-checked and slashed isn't toughness as well.
Brett Hull
I've been a longtime admirer of Condoleezza Rice, because I like her articulateness and style - her toughness and rigor.
Camille Paglia
College lacrosse can be pretty brutal at times, so that definitely helped me with the toughness. It's a fast-paced game, so that helped me kind of translate over to the game speed of playing in the NFL. I think just the one-on-one aspect of trying to beat the guy in front of you definitely helped me as being a receiver.
Chris Hogan
Calvin Johnson, we've never seen a receiver like him - size, speed and how he's developed his overall route running and toughness.
Cris Carter
Adrian Clayborn is somebody that relentlessly brings that attitude, energy, and toughness.
That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
We talk about toughness as a quarterback: it's not sometimes the physical part that you see; it's the mental toughness and the 'I'm going to stand in here, take this shot,' and 'I'm going to deliver it to my guy.'
Part of what we talk about is, toughness is a talent.
On my best days, I fancy myself a combination of Dad's persistence/patience and Mom's toughness/skepticism.
The only way you gain mental toughness is to do things you're not happy doing. If you continue doing things that you're satisfied and make you happy, you're not getting stronger. You're staying where you're at. Either you're getting better, or you're getting worse. You're not staying the same.
Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It's something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, 'How did you get to where you're at today? How did you get to where you're running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?'
Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit.
For me, mental toughness is the ability to stay focussed in the present irrespective of what is happening at the match.
We need intelligence in this country. We need a certain toughness in this country, or we're going to end up like a lot of the other places, and we're not going to have a country left.
Wherever you go in Michigan, you find that toughness. I don't know if it's the weather or the hard times. It's like, if I can make it out of here, I had to be super tough.
I just go out and play my game. Just making sure I keep doing those little things, like playing with toughness, that's just me.
The most interesting thing to me in chess are not the gambits. Or the moves. It's the mental toughness.
I've obviously learned a lot, a lot of mental toughness, learned how to deal with some adversity. Hopefully I'm better for it.
I knew Avila was going to be a tough, strong opponent. I cracked him a few times early, but he kept bouncing back every time. When I knocked him down, I could tell he wasn't hurt and was impressed by his toughness. He brought out the best in me.
Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.
Legs and athleticism are worth nothing without mental toughness. You also need to be stubborn.
'Toughness' and 'credibility' are leitmotifs that run through both Trumpian and Kissingerian deal-making. Both men insist that war and diplomacy are inseparable and that, to be effective, diplomats need to be able to wield threats and offer incentives in equal, unrestricted measure.
My biggest problem will be lack of match toughness but I am a positive, optimistic person.
My feeling about him is that the America that we have today, the freedoms we enjoy and the privileges we have, are really the reflection of Abe Lincoln's convictions, his vision, and his toughness.
Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.
Bone is one of the hardest structures of the animal body; it possesses also a certain degree of toughness and elasticity.
People think SEALs are cold-blooded, heartless, wound-up, brainwashed killers. They imagine you can just point a SEAL in a direction and say, 'Go kill.' The truth is you're talking about a bunch of kind-hearted, jovial guys. The only thing that separates them is mental toughness.
Voters in 1960 elected the first Catholic president. In 2012, I voted to reelect the first African American president. Each was a vote for a man of principle and character, for a man who had proved himself capable and courageous and who would lead our country with a combination of dignity, compassion and toughness along a path of progress.
In the end I didn't get a top car any more. I had no toughness left. That was the reality.
I felt like the dark hair added like a toughness to my face also, which was really important.
I'm not easily offended, and I have a certain toughness.
I repeat my delivery consistently. My balance is much improved. And the mental and physical toughness Pilates requires to complete movements the correct way have directly helped me on the mound.
Well, my dad did a lot of Kung Fu when I was growing up, so he taught me a lot about mental toughness. Ways to slow your heart rate down, slow your breathing down to take control of your body so you can push yourself to the next limit.
Self-belief, I think, is my biggest strength. The mental toughness comes into play whenever the chips are down.
