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Brains without competitive hearts are rudderless. — Vince Lombardi

I've been a longtime admirer of Condoleezza Rice, because I like her articulateness and style - her toughness and rigor. — Camille Paglia

I am a sweet old softy, but it took toughness to get through what I went through. — Tony Parsons

The measure of your character and mental toughness is the space between what you are doing and what you could be doing — William James Moore

He didn't need her tears. He needed her toughness. — D.B. Reynolds

In the end I didn't get a top car any more. I had no toughness left. That was the reality. — Jacky Ickx

Women are tough, but sometimes women present toughness in different ways. — Katherine McNamara

Put character and mental toughness before execution and you will get consistent execution. — William James Moore

Time to improve is limited. The clock is always on and doesn't care if you don't feel like it. Someone else does and they're passing you by. — William James Moore

Anyone can be tough for a season. It takes a special kind of human to rise to life's challenges for a lifetime. — Chris Matakas

I'm not concerned with whether you got to the top. I want to know how far you climbed. That is where the real achievement is found. — William James Moore

The most important attribute a player must have is mental toughness. — Mia Hamm

Every achievement, every step forward in knowledge, is the consequence of courage, of toughness towards oneself, of sincerity to oneself — Friedrich Nietzsche

During inflation, Goodwill is the gift that keeps on giving. — Warren Buffett

We are not only working on our game, we are working on ourselves. — Rob Bell

You have to be tough. — Mike Ditka

Mental toughness is essential to success. — Vince Lombardi

In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving. — William Baldwin

Being tough today might cause you to be weak in the future. — Dan Groat

Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit. — Dianne Feinstein

Mental Toughness: The ability to consistently perform toward the upper range of your talent and skill regardless of the competitive circumstances. — James E. Loehr

Mind over matter. — Horace Dade Ashton

The game honors toughness — Brad Stevens

One of the ways to discover our toughness and resiliency is to look back at where we come from. (from Amazon description) — Jeannette Walls

Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love. — Martin Luther King Jr.

A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone. — Robert Kiyosaki

Toughness is a skill. I don't think we're all born tough. You learn about toughness through your experience. — Jay Bilas

I find industrial cities exciting. I like their toughness. — Zaha Hadid

Nobody needs to worry about my toughness. — Carly Fiorina

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

We must combine the toughness of the serpent and the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart. — Martin Luther King Jr.

It's about mental toughness. Mental toughness is everything. — Jon Gordon

I'm not a wilting flower, unless that gets me extraspecial treats. — Rachel Caine

Toughness is not being a bully, it's having a backbone. — Robert Kiyosaki

Lust of ease and comfort absolutely destroys mental toughness and begins to slowly erode ones character. — William James Moore

It gave me strength and toughness because I had to face reality, no matter how uncomfortable or painful it was. — Halle Berry

Toughness has nothing to do with size, physical strength or athleticism. Toughness is A SKILL that can be developed & improved. — Jay Bilas

That even though you look like a warrior and act like a warrior, underneath all that toughness is really a big mushy marshmallow. — Cambria Hebert

Ability is the result of mental and physical toughness, resourcefulness, and powerful concentration. — Howard A. Tullman

Toughness is a good thing, yet it is considered good only in men. When a woman is tough, men can't stand it. I like being tough and smart. — Lillian Vernon

It occurred to him that strength was quite different from toughness and that being vulnerable wasn't quite the same as being weak. — Michelle Magorian

President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security. — Samantha Power

Anyone with any degree of mental toughness ought to be able to exist without the things they like most for a few months at least. — Georgia O'Keeffe

Just because we want our favorite team to win does not mean there's any lack of toughness when a player chooses family first. — LZ Granderson

What makes you really come together under pressure is determination and focus and toughness. — Debi Thomas

Mia, what is the most important thing for a soccer player to have?" With no hesitation, she answered, "Mental toughness. — Carol S. Dweck

Israel has been a stage on which American Jews have played out their fantasies of toughness - often from Martha's Vineyard. — Norman Finkelstein

On my best days, I fancy myself a combination of Dad's persistence/patience and Mom's toughness/skepticism. — David Einhorn

Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course — Bobby Jones

Scars show toughness: that you've been through it, and you're still standing. — Theo Rossi

Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening. — Greta Garbo

Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory. — Bill Russell

To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness. — Peter Ustinov

Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness. — John Bytheway

We've got a motto here-you're tougher than you think you are, and you can do more than you think you can. — Christopher McDougall

We have not journeyed all this way because we are made of sugar candy. — Winston S. Churchill

My biggest problem will be lack of match toughness but I am a positive, optimistic person. — Greg Rusedski

Just as mental toughness and physical energy are the primary traits of an army, they also mark God's beautiful woman. — Elizabeth George

My father believed in toughness, honesty, politeness and being on time. All very important lessons. — Roger Moore

Creating success is tough. But keeping it is tougher. You have to keep producing, you can't ever stop. — Pete Rose

Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice. — Bethany Hamilton

Mental Toughness is doing the right thing for the team when it's not the best thing for you — Bill Belichick

We talk about mental toughness all the time. That's the biggest thing good teams have, that they can overcome adversity. — Bryan Murray

The 3 key components for success are as follows: Psychological Preparedness Physical Conditioning Mental Toughness — Chuck Norris

Mental toughness is an element in the make up of perseverance. — Manuela George-Izunwa

A champion always prepares to win. — D.C. Gonzalez

Upon consideration of the central question of the moon's toughness there can be little doubt. It is hella tough. — Plato

I haven't always recruited for the best talent. I've taken a few guys who would fit for different reasons. Leadership. Toughness — Tom Izzo

My life was my life; I would have to stare it down, somehow, and make it work for me. — Paula McLain

Mental toughness is Spartanism, with all its qualities of self-denial, sacrifice, dedication, fearlessness, and love. — Vince Lombardi

Mental toughness must be developed before you start fighting because you don't want to be that guy who quits in the ring. — Forrest Griffin

Toughness isn't about you and what you want, it's about not quitting because others need you. — Marc MacYoung

You have to stick out the toughness of the business and form relationships with the people in it. — Rocco DiSpirito

The best team does not always win, it's the team that plays the best. — Rob Bell

The fitting BoD is less about physical strength, more about mental toughness, with fitting minds and fresh eyes. — Pearl Zhu

The ability to continue moving when you are feeling scared, fearful or lazy is the sign of true mental strength. — Matthew Donnelly

I felt like the dark hair added like a toughness to my face also, which was really important. — Jaime King

When you think about your heritage, you think about toughness and hard work. — Jeff Garcia

We are only as sick as our secrets. — Rob Bell

Adversity breeds toughness, and the tough succeed. And survive. — Dean Koontz

To achieve success, whatever the job we have, we must pay a price — Vince Lombardi

I suppose there is a lot of toughness in me. — Boy George

People are not born mentally tough. Mental toughness is developed by experience. Developing mental toughness is a very long process. — C.N. Reede

Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles. — Alex Karras

You run the football for toughness. You run the ball to tell your opponent that you're as tough as they are. But you throw the ball to ring the bell. — Jerry Glanville

I loved the terrier quality Stuart had. He thought he was such a tough guy. — Jacquelyn Mitchard

A Democrat has to show the toughness to govern. People don't doubt that Republicans will be tough. — Al From

To succeed you must do the work. To do the work takes character. To keep doing it takes mental toughness. — William James Moore

It takes energy, mental toughness and spiritual reinforcement to successfully deal with life's opportunities, and to reach your objectives. — Zig Ziglar

I've lived in London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, New York, and Turin. But New York is my favorite city. It has so much energy, so much toughness. — Lapo Elkann

Competitive toughness is an acquired skill and not an inherited gift. — Chris Evert

Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness. — Simon Sinek

Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one. — Bobby Knight

Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction. — Martin Luther King Jr.

His chest heaved, and he coughed.
"You have coughed before," his mother said. "It is a sign of weakness. Control it. — Dorothy Dunnett

Some people thought scars a sign of toughness. It seemed to Perrin that fewer scars meant that you knew what you were doing. — Robert Jordan

You are going to get over it sooner or later so get over it now. — William James Moore

In life, toughness and roughness go together. — Auliq Ice

I am past scorching; not easily can'st thou scorch a scar. — Herman Melville

That loss was to breed an independence, a toughness of spirit, and an awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me,. — Gary Player