Tough Quotes - page 9

Growing up with three older brothers and being the youngest and the only girl, my mom always made me tough. She's taught me over the years how to be a strong, independent woman, how to carry yourself in a positive way and anything that my brothers can do, I can do. (Diana Lopez)
As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough. View quote
Domhnall Gleeson
Good pitchers, after a tough outing, bounce back. Real good pitchers don't let too many poor games get in there. View quote
Don Cooper
The one thing about players today is that they're very sensitive, and very fragile. They didn't grow up with tough coaches. View quote
Doug Collins
I wouldn't say that I've had a tough life by any stretch of the imagination. View quote
Duncan Sheik
I used the diabetes as my weapon. Of course, I was only hurting myself and making myself sicker, but I guess it was something I had to go through. I never went overboard so much that I really hurt myself, but my early teenage years were very tough. View quote
Dana Hill
I look at my father. He is one of my heroes. He is such an incredible, classy man. He was such a great father and such a great husband in so many ways, and we lived through some pretty tough times losing my mom. When I see all that he did, I think, 'Wow, that's a really wonderful man.' View quote
Emmanuelle Chriqui
I enjoy what I do every minute of the day, even when the going gets tough. When I first began writing, I used to work at a desk in the bedroom, of a small development house. My three sons all under the age of 3 would come running in and out of the room every minute. View quote
Ed McBain
The people who really know me understand that I have a tough exterior, but I'm actually just a hippie at heart. View quote
Erin Wasson
The country needs someone with experience and determination to make tough decisions. All the money aside, it is important that Greece restore its reputation. View quote
Evangelos Venizelos
I have been a practitioner of tough politics for many decades. There is little that amazes me and even less that shocks me. (Ed Rollins)
Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition. View quote
Freeman Thomas
I believe that the process could be fun, I just think that making movies is really tough. And it's stressful as it is, and I think that most of us got in this business because it's fun to make movies. View quote
Francis Lawrence
The Houston Astrodome was kind of a tough field. View quote
Franco Harris
It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken. View quote
Frank Perdue
When I was growing up in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, I sold doughnuts, popcorn and Kool Aid every day after school so that my family had some money and I could pay my school fees. It was a tough life. View quote
George Weah
I've actually usually been wary of taking on science fiction as an actor because it's really tough to do. It's really difficult to execute. There's often lots of prosthetics, green screen and special effects, and it can get very technical. View quote
Grant Bowler
I have four kids; three girls and a boy. The oldest girl is 13, and has her own social life now, so there's a bit of begrudging cooperation there. It's tough. View quote
Gregory Harrison
It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough. View quote
Gary Burton
It was tough for him in that newsroom with Ted Baxter getting all the glory and this poor guy doing all the work. Murray worried so much he worried his hair off! View quote
Gavin MacLeod
Coming from a small town it was tough to dream big. When I grew up in a small town in Georgia, my biggest dream was one day to be able to go to Atlanta. (Herschel Walker)
My identity was a big issue when I was a teenager, and I had a lot of questions, like: 'Who am I?' 'Who do I belong to?' But when I was still quite young, I decided that belonging is a tough process in life, and I'd better say I belonged to myself and the world rather than belonging to one nationality or another. View quote
Hiam Abbass
For me, I always wonder what's worse: an emotional betrayal or a physical betrayal? That's a really tough call. View quote
Hilarie Burton
The most important characteristic that has allowed me to succeed is confidence. I have always been comfortable in my own skin, and even when I was just starting out in my career, had the strength and self-assurance to ask tough questions and push for answers. View quote
Heather Bresch
Poets go through a very tough apprenticeship in the use of words. View quote
Helen Dunmore