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I was writing the league. I wish they'd get tougher on it. From what they're saying, they're working on not getting fooled on the flop.

I will be monitoring the situation closely and, if I am not satisfied that sufficient progress is being made, I will take tougher action," ()

I think these teams are better and while it makes it tougher for us it improves the conference. It gives the conference the power ratings it needs and will help us get four teams into the playoffs. There's going to a lot of tough, tight games.

I think the women's business is much tougher than anything else they have been in. It doesn't seem like a natural extension to me. They have begun to get a better selection of merchandise and the business is getting better, but they don't have a real track record here yet.

It is beneficial for us in terms of getting us going. When you get so many superstars from different backgrounds everyone has to gel and sometimes when you play good teams right off the bat like in Salt Lake, everyone wants to do their own thing and it gets tougher and tougher. I think that happened in Salt Lake, I don't think we were really prepared to play as a team early on.

I think there's a growing realization or acknowledgment in the Legislature that we simply can't afford to get tougher and tougher on penalties every session. Enhancing penalties may have been politically popular in the past, but we simply don't have the money or the (prison) space now to do it.

I thought we were a soft basketball team tonight. Virginia was physically tougher than we were. When we had guys take the ball out of our hands, well, that's toughness. And that No. 11 kid, he played hard.

Jimmy is stronger physically than last season, and his serving has improved. Even though his record is about the same as last year, we've played tougher competition this time.

Last season we took most people by surprise, ourselves included, ... and we were rightly very proud to come out on top. But this has definitely been a much tougher campaign because our opponents knew how potent we could be. We have concentrated on consistency rather than entertainment and we have amassed a group of players of varying ages who work well together.

I think for a long time we thought we were 'fortress America' and that we were impenetrable. Maybe in our heart of hearts we knew sooner or later that it was going to happen, ... But to take a look at the president and extraordinary vice president ... I couldn't think of a better team at a tougher time to be leading America, so I'm optimistic about it.

I said to the team, 'boys, we've got to be men and I thought we were tonight. I'm happy with their performance, but disappointed that we lost. Honestly, that's our best 80-minute performance. We won't see a tougher team than Maize.

I saw a Cheshire team that was pretty good; I liked the fight in us. We just have to get over the hump against those tougher teams in the SCC.

Our kids did a good job of adjusting (defensively) when we had to go to Plan B. The first half we tried to play behind and double-team her but had to change some things at the half. We went back to what we normally do and that's pressuring the ball. She had a tougher time in the second half scoring. In the first half it was so easy.

Our kids are playing hard. I think they have some confidence. We know as the season progresses it's going to get tougher and tougher.

Our kids are disappointed in the fact they did not win the match. They did enjoy getting to play at one of the nicer, yet tougher courses in the area.

Parents have lost control. Children are running the show. The tougher I am, the (further) they will come in terms of behavior change.

Our plan doesn't change at all. They have two great running backs and a good quarterback. So the challenge is even tougher this game.

Our schedule is tougher than last year because of the addition of a match against Carmel on April 11, but I would expect the team's dual record to remain above .500 this season. While Cathedral remains a solid favorite to repeat as team champion in the City Tournament, we are optimistic about our chances to finish in one of the top two spots. We should compete for a couple of the individual City championships as well.

Our schedule is getting tougher now. But our seniors, Ben Lane and Ben Anderson, are starting to take that leadership role and that's a good sign. But since we're the defending state champions we're going to get everyone's best shot, so we have to stay physically and mentally prepared. A lot can happen over the next few weeks.

Our first game against East Bay was early in the year. Both of our teams have improved since then, and playing them at their home pool is a much tougher environment than playing them here. We need to come out and play high intensity water polo right from the start.

Overall, we are a balanced team. But when you have the height that San Joaquin Memorial has, taking the little bit of an inside game that you have, it makes it a little bit tougher to do the things you want to do.

Overall, this tournament will be tougher than states. If you go 2-2 or 3-2 there, why can't you do it at states? We hope they think if they do it there, they can do it anywhere.

Our wrestler of the week is Jeff Sand because of his efforts to make our team tougher by making a lower weight class and coming out strong after doing so.

Other than that second inning our pitching was pretty solid. I thought defensively we played a real solid game, making only one error. When it's this cold defense is a little tougher than your usual day.

Road games are very important to us. We've got to be a together group; we've got to be a tougher group.

Physically it will be a difficult match, a lot tougher than today,

Playing the (play-in) game helped us a lot. It's a big win for the program and for the section. It makes a statement about our section. We're a lot tougher than people give us credit for.

Our record could easily have been 10-6 instead of 6-10 last year if we had been a little tougher at the end of the games. But I think with his personality, his mentality, his approach to the game, we'll be more alert and have a little bit better mindset when the going gets tough.

Pat started slow because he wasn't able to get back into wrestling shape when he was out with the shoulder injury. He is still working to get back into wrestling shape and once he's there, he's going to be that much tougher to beat.

Pasquotank is a quality tennis team. If they don't win the conference, they're certainly deserving of a wild card into the state playoffs. I was very pleased with our play. We played them a lot tougher than we did at home last month, especially in doubles.

Our league has to be one of the best in the state, and it just seems to get tougher every year. It keeps you focused. We want to peak at tournament time, but we also have to know we can get beat by just about anyone in the city of Cincinnati.

Starting the season at Daytona is always enjoyable for me. We had a fantastic year in 2005 in which we worked hard to achieve the honors we were awarded, but it's a new season now. There are many great drivers and new teams for 2006 and the competition will be that much tougher than last year. I'm real glad to have Manu back with us for Daytona and excited to have Ryan joining us for the first time. He's a great young talent.

Some of those players in New York have made a name for themselves in those parks and I guess Jo played pretty good against them. You know how street ball is, there's no referees. It's a tough game. So when he came back from there, his confidence was through the roof. He was a tougher player. He was ready for anything.

That being said, it was still a tough day. And I expect if the conditions stay a little breezy and sunny like this, we're going to see a firmer, faster golf course and a tougher course on the weekend.

Nah. It's tougher to travel with. Besides, they're dorky.

Marshall is a tougher player than last year. I love playing with him because he's not afraid to try to win the game.

I won't be surprised if a day comes very soon when the customer is charged $5 for every return. On the one hand, tougher measures frustrate the consumer. But retailers also don't want to struggle with unnecessary discounts.

I was trying to deny him as long as possible, at least eight of the 13 seconds, just to make it a tougher shot and push him out as far as I could. I just wanted to keep my hands up and make it a tough shot.

I was tougher when I was younger so when they tried to get met I threatened everybody,

I was upset because we have been in tougher situations than this, and we lost our composure. They were leaving the person they were guarding, and doing their own thing on defense.

I was happy with my performance. But I was mad that I gave up that takedown. I hate to give up points. Everybody down here is good. No one's a joke and it will get tougher and tougher as we go.

I was hoping for a few more. But there's not much you can do about that now. Our section has been one of the tougher sections in the south over the last four or five years. You need to have a good tournament, and those five did. That's why they're moving on. Now they have to go and put another good tournament together this weekend." ()

It fired up our will when we heard things like the more the series went on, the tougher it would go for us. Those were just motivation points for us.

It feels fine. It's just tougher to get up. But it feels great.

It does make the job tougher playing a big pack like Brisbane but it gives a number of young blokes the opportunity now.

I think having Tommy back makes us a much tougher team.

I stopped thinking so much and just played. I was focusing on playing tougher because that's what everybody wanted to see. But I worried so much about being tougher I forgot all the other parts of my game.

I think it will be tougher because we're going to start getting into a lot better teams and the offenses are going to be a lot stronger than what we've faced. But I think we can handle it. I think we have a strong back line and if we have our heads into the game I think we can handle it.

I think I've learned over the last couple of years a little bit better which way to prepare. I think my pitch recognition has gotten better -- I get in better counts, I think -- and naturally being back in Triple-A the last couple years, I got pitched a lot tougher than I ever did in the major leagues. I was in the middle-of-the-lineup guy, and I've learned a little bit from it.

I thought it was his best defensive performance of the year. He took Hassan Adams out of what he wanted to do and Hassan Adams is one of the best perimeter players in the country. For Bobby just to stay in front of him and keep him out of the lane and keep him from the easy baskets and force him into tougher shots, I thought he was tremendous. It was the key to our win.

I thought it was going to be a little tougher than it turned out to be. We told the kids this wasn't going to be a cakewalk.

I thought I was mentally tough before, but this made me even tougher, and pro hockey is going to be even tougher than this. Now I know that no matter how bad a season is, you have to stay strong. You have to find the positives out of anything.

I think (this game) will prepare us a lot for Des Moines. We haven't had these tougher games.

I think this weekend was a little disappointing because these were two teams we thought we could beat. We wanted to see where we stand against tougher competition, which we did. We know we are as good as those teams; there are just a few things we need to work on as players and as competitors.

Management has cut staff, brought in temp workers and slashed our wages and benefits, ... We deal with extremely sick people in need of the cleanest, most sterile environment and food made to their exact nutritional needs. This is a not a fast-food type of setting. When you work in a hospital, it requires a special skill set -- we need to know our jobs or else the patients will suffer. It becomes tougher every day to encourage our dedicated co-workers to stick around, because of the lack of a contract, and the cuts to our wages and benefits.

I'm here to support the commissioner and tougher drug penalties.

That was a tougher play, mine was an easy play, ... I thought it was actually a base hit.

That was the first time she was really able to stretch her legs. This race will be much, much tougher but, at this point, she's on top of her game and I expect her to run a big race.

That was really one of the tougher cuts that we've made.

That whole Connecticut thing is tough. It's a tough situation. We're off the radar. Like nobody's really talking about us, but they are. So no matter what, Connecticut's always going to come out of somebody's mouth whether it's negative, positive. It's been tougher this year than any year for me. It's something that we've done a really good job of fighting through, and I think that's why we are in the position we're in right now.

That's the toughest thing for a young player to learn, and at the major-league level he has to be able to do it consistently. It's tougher to turn the double play at second than at shortstop because your back is to the runner. You have to have a lot of heart, nerve and confidence.

That's the question, certainly, for all our clients on Wall Street. They're resigned to Clinton getting re-elected, but the real issue is if it's not by 10 points, but by 18 or 19 -- if it's the latter, then I think certainly the House will go Democratic, ... The Senate is a tougher case to make, but in a blow out, even the Senate could go.

That's tougher to explain, those are our two best centers and two of our top point-getters. It was a big loss for us." ()

I was not trying to save any energy for tomorrow's race. The short race is the tougher race and this was the one I was concerned about.

I would love to see this tournament seeded because a lot of the tougher teams end up having to face each other real early. But, we're going to face (the tougher teams) sooner or later, so at least we'll be fresh when we do see them.

My biggest concern at day's end was I think that they were a little bit tougher than us. I think we're a better club but they were mentally and physically tougher than us today and that was a big difference.

Most dogs find the going gets tougher the first time they reach Grade AA. Not these two ... they continue to hit the board.

Michigan State has great size and a great perimeter game as well. They play a very good match-up zone defense. It's going to be a challenge, but that's why we play in the NCAA Tournament. When you get to this point, it gets tougher as the road goes on.

When Taylor chip-charges and hits deep balls, he's tough to pass. He's a big guy and he's got a lot of reach across the net. The conditions made it tougher as well.

Wind is always the X-factor because it's tougher to manage and there's nothing you can really do. If the wind's blowing, the ball is going to go where it's going to go.

(White) has grown into an impact player. Being the player she is has taken the pressure off of me just because it makes us tougher for us to defend.

We were very excited for Tommy to compete for the starting quarterback position and he was most definitely in the thick of that competition. Then he fell behind and it became a tougher situation for him. Tommy has a lot of ability. We are sorry that he won't be here with us, but we support what he's doing and wish him a lot of success.

We were looking for what might work against these folks and what we need to do to get better. And Chiloquin was very good about pointing out what we needed to work on: get tougher on defense and do more on the boards.

We were able to achieve a lot without any political or police support. It just makes a tough job ten times tougher to do, but it can still be done.

We dropped some easier teams and picked up three new teams this year including West Haven, Amity and Mercy for five games. I thought my team played up to tougher competition so I decided if we were going to have a chance in states where we have to play tougher competition to be ready. It's definitely a tough schedule but I hope we can rise to it.

We have to take every opponent seriously, but we were kind of focused on playing Connecticut. You have to take every opponent seriously. These are really tougher games to get up for, because we're supposed to win these games.

We have to take care of business. It's a lot tougher now. We need Perkins to lose but as was shown (Monday) -- anything can happen.

We were 20-over at the turn, and then we shot a 2-over on the last nine. I told them the back nine was tougher of the nines, so I figured if we could get off to a decent start, we should be all right.

We have to really schedule tougher in our non-conference and we have to win games that we're not 'supposed' to win. And then we've got to win our league.

We're dealing with 15 regulatory agencies as it is, so anything that makes it more stringent or tougher to mine is going to be bad news for the coal industry.

We expect an even tougher operating environment in the next months, especially in the information and communications area,

We played as soft as a team can be. They were tougher mentally, physically and there was no way we were going to win that game.

We played them a lot tougher than we did the last time, I'm really happy with our effort.

We had had the 20-3 season, and saw we can compete at a higher level. At that point, we knew we needed to get some tougher teams on schedule. You have to walk before you run, and we don't want to keep fighting an uphill battle. You have to be ready before you put the big dogs on the schedule.

We had great effort and played with great passion, but it just wasn't enough tonight. The tougher team won tonight.

We wanted to make the shots tougher for Grant. She's not Ms. Ohio for nothing.

We've got some guys who can rebound. We just know it's going to be tougher the next time we play them.

We've had different people carry us at different times. That's what has made this a very good team, and has made us tougher to play against.

We have been working on spreading the scoring around. We are looking to have different people score, it makes us tougher to guard. Grace Amber is a freshman who is stepping up to help our scoring.

We have a much tougher schedule this year than in years past. I have focused on playing as many ranked teams as possible. Our conference schools have become much more competitive this year. We do not have any walkover matches.

We know that we're getting into the tougher part of our schedule and are starting to bear down. We know those last four games are going to be tough and no one's going to give us anything. It's going to be kind of shocking when we get there because we haven't had a lot of competitive games, but we're looking forward to it.

We came out and played well and took care of business like we needed to. We have to keep doing that because the road will be that much tougher as we move on.

We have the same team that we did before. But the race is getting tougher and tougher. It's only January, but we're already looking at scores after the game to see who's losing and who's winning.

Tyler was our Saturday pitcher and did a good job in the role he was in, but he'll face a lot tougher competition this year.

We need to work on maintaining what we have, getting a little tougher and better. We don't want to get fat and content or cut our motor off.

We have kids that need to be in that situation (against a tougher opponent). They haven't been battle-tested, and there's not a better team that could do that than one like (Wheeler) who has been there, too.

We can arrest the victim, but we also hate to re-victimize the victim. There is no easy answer to that. Regardless of what happens, we will do whatever we can. The job has been tougher after Crawford, but we will prosecute these cases.

We have a tougher field this year with Vijay and some of the other European stars, so it should be a fantastic week obviously.

We haven't dropped the goal, ... It's obviously tougher right now as we have pension and health-care costs right now, for example.

Those are some challenges some young guys have to face, even guys as talented as he is. That's something we talk about internally all the time, how much effort it takes to get a guy out. Those 100 pitches in the major leagues are a heck of a lot tougher than those 100 pitches at the minor league level.