Tough Quotes

Every quarterback can throw a ball; every running back can run; every receiver is fast; but that mental toughness that you talk about translates into competitiveness.

If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones. You take the tough ones too.

Tough game but happy to be on the winning side.

Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.

I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I think part of seeing that from really young has made me really steer very far away from it in all of its forms.

My toughest opponent has always been me.

just can’t sit back and wallow, in my own sorrow, but I know one fact: I’ll be one tough act to follow.

How can I be soft when tough love is all I ever known?

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.

Break-ups are hard for anybody, but it’s particularly tough when it’s being documented and you see the person’s picture everywhere. Most people don’t have that added problem when they break up with someone.