Toughness Quotes (235 Quotes)

You have to have the right personality, the right work ethic and the right mental toughness. Cameron is showing he can do that.

The best thing about Stephanie is her mental toughness. She's really strong that way. Her best in the 800 is 224, and she consistently runs around 230, but we're always looking to improve our times.

You don't do what he has done over a long period of time and not have some mental toughness.

We must run the ball better. It's unbelievable. I thought one of our standards of gold this year would be our offensive line. We have some bright young players there. And we never did get the toughness, or what I would call the power running, that I thought we were going to get.

We're pleased with the progress we're making. We're not saying we're ready for Canton (the Pro Football Hall of Fame) yet or Super Bowl XL or whatever it is. (But) there is an attitude there that is very good. It's what we want, the toughness, effort, the technique, the fundamentals are getting better. We are very physical.

Late in the first half, this was a one-goal game, but we really dug down and showed the toughness that we've been talking about. We maximized our chances on offense, controlled the ball well, and defensively I thought we made things very difficult for them.

It has been written throughout my career that toughness is my trademark, ... Well, the toughest person I've ever met in my life is my hero, my soldier, my son, Hunter. I love you, buddy.

Over the last 10 years, Mike has been a major contributor to some very productive offenses. Mike brings toughness, experience and passion. He will certainly be a tremendous asset to me and our offensive staff as we continue our pursuit of a championship.

Ryan has a lot of heart and toughness. He never takes a play off. As a freshman, he plays with great poise that we have come to count on. He really doesn't play like a freshman.

It hurts us a lot. AD and Shawn (must step up). Shawn can give us some toughness Shawn plays really, really hard.

TK Gorman is an excellent team. We're very fortunate to play as well as we did. Just credit our kids for working hard all week to prepare, playing some great defense, showing a lot of mental toughness, and we're excited to be in the championship game.

We got some pretty good chemistry here. We got some toughness, and it's starting to show.

Danny Richmond is a kid with a lot of passion for the game. He is a skilled defenseman who possesses a lot of grit and toughness.

That's Guillermo's guy. He's got confidence in him. Denis has been a streaky shooter this year, but one thing about him is that he's got a lot of toughness. He believes he can make plays, which can be good and bad. In that particular play, I knew he was going to shoot it. That's just the way Denis plays, he was going to take the shot.

I don't know if you call it leadership or what have you. But he's just got some toughness about him. He's had to work hard and those are the things you can't make someone do. You have to want to do that.

Obviously, we're real pleased to get the win. That was a great finish for us. It's really just a testament to the character, the toughness, the heart of our players to have the never-quit attitude. I'm really, really proud of them.

We need a little more depth, but it's hard to say right now. We need somebody to get us a few more rebounds, a little bit of extra toughness. We need guys who will hold their ground, be a little more physical, get to loose balls, be able to defend this time of year.

Alton is a mature, explosive player. He can play three different positions and will bring toughness, rebounding and basketball savvy to the team. He can be an offensive force for us.

I think the game in some ways sums up the American experience, ... I think a lot of people see their daily lives and the history of the country in the NFL because the game is also linked to the personality and the attitude of the country. There's a high degree of teamwork, an emphasis on toughness.

We have a lot of character, and we pride ourselves on our toughness. I'm not worried about our ability to bounce back.

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.

This was a disappointing day but not because of the outcome, but because of our lack of effort and toughness. We definitely didn't play to our full potential and with the effort we played with in Vegas or against Kent State. The end of the second game was a little better, but we shot ourselves in the foot too early on. At least we got back on the right track for tomorrow.

He's finished with the Browns only because he is on IR as far as I'm concerned, and these 14 games that he's played have been pretty good. Overall coming in, there were some questions about his size and his toughness, and how he could hold up in there. But he played 14 games and played it at a pretty good level. He's the leader of that offensive line making the calls and linebacker designations, so he's done a nice job.

I think J.R. is a big guy who's tough. He's not good with everything, but he's good enough to be able to work with him and he's got a lot of upside. He's got real good toughness, which is a big plus, and a lot of times you can't coach that. And he listens and will do what he's told.

It's been one of the best things this organization has done since I've been here. They seem to find a way to get some of these youngsters that have some qualities that we think are important, work-ethic, toughness, intelligence. We've been very fortunate in that regard.

The big point of the combine is the mental toughness, keeping yourself focused. You spend a lot of time waiting and a lot of time doing stuff you really don't want to do. But you've just got to stay focused and impress as many people as you can.

I think our inexperience caused that. I'm not using it as an excuse. I think that when you win basketball games like we've won we've won on heart, passion and toughness.

Apparently he hurt the foot the same play as he hurt the knee he showed a lot of toughness going back and playing on it. He was obviously disappointed because he wanted to get out there and play, and we'd have liked to seen that as well.

It was a mixed review last week. I was not pleased with our effort or attention to detail against Miami. Then we played at a high level on the defensive end against Florida State. It was nice to see the guys bounce back and show the toughness needed to survive in this conference.

I think it's great. We did get off to a bad start, but we showed some toughness by winning 12 of our last 13 games. We are a young team and not many people expected much out of us. We just try to go out there and play hard every day, and it paid off in the end.

He seems to be doing better than I did with it, and I thought I did pretty well, ... His mental toughness is second to none, and that's what'll get him over the hump.

They grew up and saw the toughness of farming, their parents working year-round, and they saw that hard labor don't necessarily pay off.

He's going to be a tough kid, even though he's only 6-4, he gives us a toughness at the basket. He knows how to block out, he knows how to position off the ball. I think his basketball aptitude is pretty good.

This is new for us, and I loved our toughness. As frustrated as I was and I was extremely frustrated tonight they've learned to listen to what I say and not be concerned with whether the vein in my neck or head is busting.

Determination. The toughness. We've heard that we're not able to go then we're going to go. The little nicks that we can fight through. That's just all about being tough and just wanting to get out on the field and give 100 percent.