Toughness Quotations | Page 3

They're a team that's already played in a different venue. They've gone on the road to win a couple games in this tournament, which shows toughness on their part. ? What the Colonial conference has done this season, certainly, this is a team that needs to be reckoned with.

There's a reason why he's starting. He has an element of toughness about him and he's surprisingly very athletic.

There's another level this team needs to get to from a hitting and toughness standpoint.

There was a lot of mental toughness there. I think he learned a lot, especially with the mental part.

Ability doesn't win on the road, toughness does, and we weren't tough enough. We didn't defend the ball well enough, or rebound or take care of the ball well enough. They had easy scores and we didn't shoot well.

It's just a credit to our players. Hey, they just roll with the punches. That's just a testament to their toughness and their character.

It's just toughness. This club has physical and mental toughness that's special. That's the way I describe it. I just think we have a special mental and physical toughness.

It's a testament to the character, toughness and heart of our players and their never-quit attitude.

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.

It says a lot that we were able to grind it out. It shows the toughness of this team.

I tried to polish my whole game and be more consistent with the bat. Just get my mind right, mostly. I worked on my mental side of the game. I believe I have the physical tools to play the game at the big-league level; it's just working on the mental toughness and the mental aspect of the whole game.

I truly have never, ever had a tougher kid. His toughness is, for me, legendary.

It's tough to do both, but (Sumrall) has done a good job in the classroom, he's been through spring ball before and he's established the fact that he's one of the guys (in football) and he loves track. It's a great cross training thing and it helps us. I like his toughness and his competitiveness.

It's us and the coaches and everyone against us, that's what we need to get that toughness in it.

It's team toughness now, and we just don't have our heavyweight. We went from being the toughest team in the league to having to battle through it, I guess.

It may not look like it, but he has an unbelievable inner toughness. It's not physical toughness when you get poked in the eye as much as it is mental toughness. He came out and played like it never happened. He was fearless.

It showed a lot of resilience, we showed toughness tonight. We showed a lot of character. Both our ball handlers were out tonight. ... I think it showed we have a lot of character on this team. We're trying to make a playoff push.

It's been a big roller-coaster ride, but that makes it that much sweeter. We've been through a lot of ups and downs. That's what perseverance and mental toughness are all about: how you respond to negative times.

David Davis has the experience, the toughness required to lead the party back into government,

Davis will give us some toughness inside and Williams has a lot of energy and enthusiasm, ... We got veteran guys who know how to play the game. I think it should make us better.

Danny kept us in the game with his mental toughness and competitiveness. I thought he really played a gutsy game.

Danielle is one of the top defenders in the Southeast, and we are thrilled to have her coming to Ole Miss. She has a winning mentality and always brings her best. She has a great work ethic and toughness about her that will help her to compete for a starting spot as a freshman.

Daccus should give us some toughness running the ball that we didn't have last week, ... Our team right now is looking for some tough guys who love to compete and maybe hate losing. Daccus is a tough guy, and he'll add a lot to our offense blocking, running the ball and maybe challenging our offensive linemen to get their butts going, things like that. We're glad to have him back.

It's much easier to play the game with Hassan. He brings a toughness to the game.

It's not a concern. We've had great balance all year. The rest of our guys have stepped up on different nights. We have great toughness and a lot of heart, as you've seen the last two nights.

It's a matter of quickness, that's what this game has evolved to - quickness and toughness and ability to sustain an effort over 60 minutes and over four months. Any time you have too much weight, it has a fatigue effect on you, in an individual game and in the season.

I wanted this movie to feel as much as possible like a cousin of Smokey and the Bandit, and Burt Reynolds had that sort of rakish good looks. He did his own stunts, he considered himself sort of a ladies' man. I feel like Knoxville has a number of those qualities. He's done so much really funny stuff, he's Southern, he's got a certain toughness to him.

I've got nothing to prove anymore. If they want to fight, I'll fight and I'll get it done. I use my toughness now to make sure guys are held accountable on the other team.

It was a great basketball game. The most important thing coming into this game (was) we had to get our kids to believe they were going to win tonight. I think we had a great week of preparation this week. Our kids were really focused. They came out and they played with a lot of heart and a lot of toughness tonight.

It was a great win for today. We showed a great deal of toughness to beat a good Penn State squad and I am very proud of our team.

It's who he is. That's what he does. He's that type of athletic, mentally tough guy that I've always liked from afar. No disrespect to Wally or anybody we lost, but I've always liked Ricky Davis' spirit from afar. That type of toughness is what wins for you down the stretch.

It takes a real mental toughness and self-awareness to succeed.

It takes a lot of toughness and resilience to come through that. As a captain, it's doubly hard to stay tuned in and to remain tactically astute. You have to be very strong minded. To come through all that happened in the first Test and straight away to bounce back must have been hard on everyone. It's very easy when you're doing well. It's very easy to fix things if you can shut yourself away and work on it. But when something has such a big build-up and such profile, it speaks volumes for what the team has achieved.

It takes a certain mental toughness to maintain a lead like that. These guys are really committed to playing defense and we knew how important it would be to get off to a good, quick, solid start.

They beat us in every statistic possible in the first half, and we were only down three. We showed an incredible amount of toughness in the second half. I couldn't be more proud of these guys.

They are tough, they get after you. They have quick hands and are hard-nosed. They drive so much and draw fouls. I am impressed with them. They have the toughness to compete in the Big East. They are tough guys.

They hit well. I see a little toughness in them.

They've got really good quickness on defense. I'm also impressed with how hard their kids play. The ability, savvy, competitiveness and toughness of Brandon Rouse have also been impressive.

There's toughness and then there's championship toughness. Holy Cross has championship toughness. They have a will to win that you don't just learn. You have to go through things as a team and we will learn from this game.

Anytime you make a play like Brandon did and take the ball from the minus two and drive it out of there, that shows a lot of character and a lot of toughness by our offensive line and our running game,

She looked at that (final at-bat) as a chance to make something happen. That's what mental toughness is all about - concentrating on what's going to help you be successful, not how you just failed.

Shavlik is a little bit stronger than people think. He can rebound the ball in traffic. Offensively, he can put the ball down on the floor. Once he gets a 15- or 16-foot jump shot, I think he can be an effective player. I think people discredit his toughness. I think as he plays a little bit more, the toughness will come out, the ball skills will come out. Right now, he?s got to work on that jump shot.

That mental toughness we talked about all preseason, we showed that tonight. We showed character tonight, we showed mental toughness tonight. That's something that we didn't have last year that we've got right now.

That's a superior team. We played as hard as we could for 32 minutes, and we just got a little tired at the end. Our intensity and mental toughness was where I'd like it to be.

(The fans) understand that we're trying to make the playoffs. In order to do that, we're gonna need our fans. Now we have to go on the road and show some toughness on the road.

I'm going to evaluate this weekend because if we lost that game (against Arizona), we'd be 1-3 and the roof would be falling in back home. But I thought we gained so much here. I learned that they have much bigger toughness than I have. They're all still standing, and I think that tells a little bit about their character.

I'm not going to walk out of here with my head down. I'm not looking for moral victories. I'm just looking for guys who will play with toughness and will compete and I think we did that. Maybe (Penn State) thought we were going to go in the bag, but I was going to keep playing.

I loved playing with (Zimmerman). The guy had a separated shoulder in a game and didn't give up a sack. It's amazing. He's an amazing player, and one that young guys in the league can learn from from a know-how and toughness standpoint.

I'm sure he brings some toughness and even some leadership to that group. When you have a guy like that, where you gain some of the intangible things that we gain from a Graham Brown, they're invaluable to your team.

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I have unmatched experience, integrity, dedication, toughness and aggressiveness. I'll bring to the job a background of experience that no one in this county can match, either Republican or Democrat.

I'm just so proud of my kids. Grit and determination tonight. We showed an incredible amount of toughness and we weren't clicking the best and we found a way to dig deep and find a way to beat a very good team.

I'm pleased for our team. I thought we showed some real toughness and some real character. Our tough-mindedness has waned lately. That's something that if we're going to be a playoff team, it can't happen.

I'm one of those people, I'm going to spend absolutely no time doing the committee's work. We've won on the road. We had a good non-conference schedule. To win a league of this magnitude is a credit to the players and their toughness mentally.

I'm just really impressed with the growth of our team ... The toughness that seems to be developing. The last two games down the stretch is when we've been our best.

I'm just extremely proud of our toughness and composure all night long. I can't say enough about Niles and the type of game they played. It was two evenly matched teams that competed hard. I'm just thankful that we found a way to pull it out.

I'm so proud of these guys for sticking together. There were some adverse calls, to say the least. They stuck together. I thought it was a pretty great team effort and showed the toughness the team has.

I'm very proud of our kids, especially for our ability to come in here and have some toughness to finish the game off.

I'm a tough dude, and I plan on bringing toughness to the table. (I'm) tough-minded, tough-willed. That's how I was brought up.

If you don't really play hard, you have no chance. Can we be the kind of defensive team San Antonio or Detroit are? No. I don't think we have the personnel. Can we be a good defensive team? Yes. I really believe we've lacked the commitment in terms of effort and the toughness in terms of having a mind-set and a trust.

I'll go home and sleep exceptionally well. I feel wonderful about the win. I feel wonderful about the fact that our character and our toughness are being tested.

If you want to go through everybody - Don Carter, Weber, Hardwick - Billy was the guy. His mental toughness and determination made him unique.

In addition to having the skills to be successful on the college level, Mike has the leadership and competitive toughness that makes him such an outstanding player. Mike is a true point guard. He has tremendous vision and court awareness and has the ability to pressure the ball on the defensive end that will be a good fit in our program.

I guess you could say that's where I got my toughness from.

I think our kids deserve a lot of credit. They really, really played their hearts out tonight. ... I think what?s happened with this team is our overall toughness and competitiveness have improved. We?re learning and understanding the fight.

His durability and his toughness are second to none. He's proved that he'll play with courage and sacrifice his body, which he's done.

Cam is a big, physical forward who plays with a lot of grit and will add some size and toughness to our group of forwards.

I don't know if I was necessarily recruited to fit this defense. I think I was recruited more for my toughness and work ethic. I've been called the 'non-prototypical' defensive end for this defense. But the person who can really hone in on the techniques of this defense can play.

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.

Chase is the Georgia State Player of the Year and a high school school All-American. He's a forward that has set several scoring records. What I like about Chase is his all-around athletic ability, toughness and goal scoring capability.

Charity is arguably our most improved player and Bianca has shown mental toughness all season.

I don't think there is anybody in the country that has done a better coaching job than Monte. His kids showed an unbelievable amount of toughness and resiliency with what they have had to deal with off the court and their injury troubles. They finished the year playing really well and competed like they always do.

I am very pleased to introduce this signing class. It is, and will continue to be, the focus of this organization to build a fast, strong, tough and disciplined football team that consistently competes for championships. We believe that each of these young men possesses the integrity, toughness and competitiveness that we are looking for in a Wildcat football player.

I am pleased with how they fought back from a very stressful and distressing day number one. I am really pleased with the courage, tenacity and toughness we had mentally to battle our way back from zero points a third of the way through the meet and still finish 18th.

However, Friedan acquired the leadership experience, confidence, toughness and passion that would carry her through the rest of her life.

I couldn't ask for anything more for a defensive effort. We held a decent Hendrix team to 37 percent. We struggled with hitting shots, we shot 35 percent. But our mental toughness and defense pulled us through.

I do envision championship basketball and when you talk about championship basketball, you talk about a good defensive team, you talk about a good offensive team and you talk about a team that really has its act together once they step on the floor. Our goal is to dominate the east and we must continue to dominate the east so that we can have another return to the NBA Finals. And I think mentally we have to become a tougher basketball team. I think mental toughness is going to be the thing that makes us champions.

He brings toughness and exuberance to our group. He's legitimately trying to get in there and take contact. I thought all around he was excellent tonight.

He brings the power. He's a hard, tough back. He's like Eddie George with more speed and burst. He brings another air of toughness to our side of the ball.

He brings a lot of toughness to the midfield and he's pretty skilled for a guy who has been playing for about a year.

He brings a lot of toughness at both ends of the court. And the guys respond to him well as a leader.

He adds toughness and physical play, but the most important thing is that he can skate.

He played like a big-time player. I thought he played with a lot of toughness and spirit and kind of carried them when we had a chance to break the game.

For some positions that is exactly what it is. They have to show that they have the toughness as well as the ability to compete at a high level. I'm expecting the players to come out on Saturday and show exactly what they have.

Nobody needs to worry about my toughness.

You have to be tough.

Life is supposed to get tough.

The major issue for us was that it truly was an urban site with all of the rough edges and toughness that you find in an urban site, one in the shadow of the expressway, bounded by four busy streets.

Alex has got toughness about him. It's just that you spend so much time trying to find out what other people want, as opposed to doing what you got to do. You're trying to please everybody and do what everybody expects you to do. And the thing is, they ain't under the same gun.

The guys thought we could just throw them out there and they would win. We have to have a mental toughness and take that approach into every game.

The guy is very magical with the ball. He has speed and can change direction. He plays with a tremendous amount of toughness for his size and he's done an outstanding job in what he has been able to do in their offense.

A hard-nosed kid, Andy impressed our coaches with his effort and toughness while attending the Jacket Summer Team Camp the past two summers. He is a scrapper who brings it on every play.

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The football players brought a toughness to our team, especially to our drills in practice. We used to think that our drills were pretty tough but with these guys, we found that we could make them even tougher.

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The first two periods I was disappointed because we played well for 60 minutes last night and I was looking for that to carry over. We didn't do those things. It comes down to mental toughness to pull through. We have to find a way.

The mental toughness of this team, that will win away games, ... You go into a city or stadium where nobody is cheering for you and all odds are against you, the veterans are going to make a big difference. We've played so many away games in our careers, we kind of know how to handle them.

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