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We were really flat coming out. But we got mentally tougher as the game went along.

We were prepared for it and they were just tougher than we were. When we handled the pressure, they actually took the ball out of our hands and started the break. You can't defend turnovers.

We missed some free throws down the stretch that we normally hit. It's a little different in sectionals, a little tougher to hit those free throws. Our kids battled and made them work for everything they got.

We will up our competition every meet, and next weekend's is one of the tougher ones we'll have this year with three of the top five or six teams in the country coming in. We have a long way to go, and we have to get some girls healthy.

We will take much tougher measures in the area,

The pro-82 campaign is having a tougher time now that the 'no' side has gotten under way and is raising a lot of legitimate questions. This is not about our commitment to children. It's about whether this measure is the right way to go about it, and we've made the case that it's not.

With female-oriented movies, unless it's something like 'Bridesmaids' or a romantic comedy, you've got to really worry about your opening weekend. And I'm always telling stories about women, not younger women, and it's just a much tougher audience to get to the movie theater.

We got out-toughed. We knew coming in, we'd have to do the intangibles to win, but they were the tougher team for 40 minutes.

We got out-physicaled. Our guys need to get tougher if we want to win in this league.

We improved our fore-check and played tougher in the defensive zone, holding them to just one more goal in the next 27 minutes of play.

We expected a tough challenge today. The difference in the game at Radford was that we out-rebounded them by 14 and we hit eight out of 14 three's. So we figured that with the fact they had a week to practice basically getting ready they were going to do a good job challenging us at the 3-point line and be a little tougher on the boards. That was obviously the difference in the game.

We changed up our scheme a little bit defensively and made them take tougher shots. Once we made our adjustments and changed our scheme a little bit at halftime, we started hitting some shots as well, and our defense picked our offense up, too.

We're going to be ready to play, no matter who we play. As you keep going along, it's going to get tougher and tougher. We understand that.

You go two years without signing a running back and now you've got yourself in a tougher spot. Hopefully, we'll be able to attract one, but we don't want to just sign a guy. That's the thing that we want to avoid, just taking a guy to take one and then you start getting overloaded at a position.

You go out and you try to do a little too much instead of playing within yourself and playing within the system. The thing this year is to try not to make mistakes you made last year. (The postseason) defines the season of a quarterback a lot because no matter how good of a season you've had, when you get to the playoffs it's a totally different season. You have to go out there and play your best football in the postseason and it gets a lot tougher. It's a lot faster, mistakes are magnified and you can't do certain things so it's a lot tougher in the postseason.

To be honest, they played us much tougher than I anticipated. We had a couple girls playing in different positions, and Ludlow did a real nice job making a lot of digs on balls.

We should be applying that in a much tougher sense of holding accountable what the fiduciary trusts for these campaigns are. And if they are being used to contravene what is a fundamental Canadian policy, then the question for using charities for that should be questioned.

We're different than we were earlier in the year. We relied on Lauren and Julie for practically all of our scoring. The other kids are starting to help us in the scoring column. With the other kids producing, it makes us tougher to defend as a group.

We did a much better job on Richey tonight. Overall, I thought our effort was much better. Teams like Shorter and Berry are tougher for our team to play against. We are geared towards the other more physical opponents in our conference.

We did a lot defensively. We made them take some tougher shots.

We did a lot better at Davis, but Stanford has a tougher start, plus a bigger field.

We didn't pitch good enough, which has been a theme this year, unfortunately. I'm not trying to bury those kids, because they're good kids, but we just gotta get tougher and find a way to win.

We didn't jell right away, and in a lot of ways I was tougher on her than some of the kids that did leave the program. She was called on the carpet in a lot of areas, but she met those challenges head-on.

We want an up-tempo game. When we go out and we're the aggressor, we're tougher to handle.

We have enough talent to make the tournament, but the thing we have to watch is the rest of the league is getting better and better. The schedule is getting tougher each season and we have to keep up with the pack.

We could win a state title; that would top last year. I can top last year. It will be a little tougher for us, but we can do it.

We do not respond well to adversity right now. Hopefully we can get better about that; get a little bit tougher mentally. From a basketball standpoint, we just have to take better shots and hit them.

Boone County is a much tougher game for us because it's a rivalry game. Unfortunately, we've been talking about playing a full 80 minutes all year and we always seen to take five or ten minutes off. When you do that, anything can happen.

Brian is a fabulous player, a tough kid and a very good passer. I've seen him grow stronger and tougher to play.

Brandon gave up four goals, but I'm proud of the way he played. It makes it tougher when you get the nod (because of an injury to Bryce Szymanski) on short notice to start your first playoff game. But he did a heck of a job all year for us.

Bradshaw is a much tougher opponent. They have a couple of players going to the State individual tournament, so you know that they have quality kids. Their No. 1 and No. 2 are especially good.

Brandywine probably plays us tougher than any other team in the conference. I never will underestimate Brandywine.

Better sooner than later because sometimes milestones, they seem tougher and tougher to get once you start talking about them. I'm happy that we came out and played arguably our best game of the year and a lot of credit to these guys.

Besides the huge first serve, he's actually improved his service games. Last year, he finished sixth in first-serve percentage, which is unheard-of for a guy with that big a serve. Andy did a much better job of mixing his first serve, not always trying to hit the 140 or 150 mph serve. He can do so much with it, in terms of the kick serve, moving it around a little bit more. ... It's going to help him get a higher percentage of first serves in, and it's going to be tougher for guys to break him.

Everything has been going well. It's up to the staff. If everyone is throwing the ball well, that's good for us, and it just makes a tougher decision for (the Marlins).

Blue Mountain is a lot like us. Both teams could have 20-23 wins if they would have won some close games. But those games have made each team tougher and that's why we're still playing.

Everyone wants to give you well wishes, and you do your best to accommodate everybody. I think people understand that your job is to drive a race car, and it's a little tougher doing double-duty on the weekend.

Every professional athlete has certain places where they know it's going to be tougher for them. It's a mindset more than anything else. But I guess for me, it's a little more than that.

Every game is going to get tougher from here on, but we are ready for the challenge. They have to come here to beat us, and where ready.

Every little bit helps you. With the big tournaments, you get tougher competition.

Every day you're going to see people shooting low scores. If I can keep shooting 5 or 6 under, it's going to be tougher for them to try to catch me.

Baseball said it's instituting tougher steriod testing. For the 1st offense, players get a 10-game suspension. For repeat offenses, players will get a batting championship.

As the economic ramifications of Sept. 11 continue to reverberate in the coming weeks and months, and the number of layoffs continues to rise, the economy faces tougher times ahead. While consumers have managed to keep the U.S. out of a recession for several years now, that soon may no longer be the case.

As the U.S. trade deficit becomes more and more of a concern, the currency issue and intellectual property are both tougher issues to crack than textiles,

At my length, it couldn't play much tougher than it did last year. I didn't have a 3-wood in my bag on Thursday and I couldn't reach the 18th green.

Did the fact that 2004 was so (relatively) easy to win the championship make Ferrari a little bit more complacent going into 2005, and following on from that, does this year being so difficult, make the team tougher and ready for 2006?

Confidence-wise, our team feels very good. It is definitely going to get tougher as we move along in the schedule, but we expect that and we feel pretty good about where we are at right now.

Doubles were better the second time around and that should make us tougher as the season progresses.

Another Boehme with a tougher book / And subtler meanings of what roses say.

Arnaud had that guy beat. Had he not cramped up, Arnaud would have won the match. He was mentally tougher and playing more disciplined than his opponent. He broke his opponent's game down and slowed it down, but he cramped up and that really limited him.

Arnaud had his guy beat. If he didn't cramp there, we win that match. Arnaud was mentally tougher than that guy and he was more disciplined.

Emotionally it's probably a little tougher to swallow (because of the suddenness). We've lost games before in the ninth inning. We'll have it well behind us when we get to St. Louis for Game 6.

Each week gets tougher and tougher. But this was very big for me because I got pinned here last year (in the final), and it?s good to come back and win where you lost before.

There's really not a great understanding right now about what appeals to parents and kids. It's a market that is tougher to target than other segments.

There's no doubt that the loser of this game faces a tougher road to the playoffs.

There's no one reason for this slump. This convergence of technology and culture, combined with so many options for entertainment, has created a pie with so many slices now. It's tougher and tougher to grab a piece.

The tougher team won (yesterday), and I feel 100 percent confident saying that.

The tougher team won. Right now, the defensive part of the game is not important to our kids.

I started playing tournaments at 15 and I'm 29 now. It definitely gets a lot tougher as you get older and older.

I've been managing for 14 years. This is one of the tougher road trips I've been on, and I'm not even playing. I know how my body is feeling right now. I can only (guess) how these guys feel. For them to come out and play this well, I salute them.

Things are getting tougher in New Zealand. While the rest of the world hasn't really priced in the risks associated with higher interest rates and slower growth, New Zealand's market has started to do so.

The whole thing with Alex is he's able to get to that pitch now, where in the past he wasn't able to. It's tougher with his size anyway. He's got long arms. It all has to do with his balance. He's not falling backwards. He's out to prove something.

The way he was serving at that time, he was serving extremely well, ... Apart from an early break point in the second set, he was holding serve pretty comfortably there. He had good rhythm on his serve, and, you know, it would have made life a bit tougher (had Rusedski not made the errors).

The women who used foundation to cover blemishes may have had a tougher time psychologically dealing with their blemishes than did the women who didn't use corrective makeup. Although it's difficult to say why this is, it may be that the women who didn't wear makeup to cover their blemishes felt more confident in their appearance.

The rivalry between us all will be no different from those glory days back in the 1980s and 90s but given the challenges this time round, the demands of racing will be tougher for all concerned,

The sale of counterfeit merchandise is not a victimless crime. It hurts manufactures, retailers, and the economy. I commend the efforts of law enforcement to protect intellectual property rights in this state, and I will continue to fight for tougher penalties for these types of crimes.

The schedule was more difficult this year including duals with schools much larger than Logan-Magnolia. Going against tougher competition raised our level (of wrestling) to survive and prepared us better for the state tournament.

It was the same scenario. The last 5 minutes, I just thought they were the tougher basketball team.

It was tougher seeing Foote and Pete go because I was with them for so long, ... I've had a lot of friends in Quebec and a lot of friends here (in Colorado) that got traded away or retired. That's just the nature of sports.

It was tougher for us. Fewer bouts, and less opportunities as a freshman.

It wears on you, man. This game is tougher here because early on it looked like we were going to take a beating, and we battled back, scratched and clawed our way back into the game and eventually tied it up.

It was a little tougher than maybe it should've been. They made a couple of plays. Give them credit.

It was a little tougher getting there because I didn't feel as sharp command wise. But I felt that I did a good job in big situations and made a quality pitch and the defense was there behind me. It was one of those that just seemed to happen.

The second and fourth quarters were our best quarters. We have to get out tougher and not let them pull away at the end.

The second place finish at the Cal Poly Invitational was a confidence builder for the team. What we learned during the fall is that we've got to be mentally tougher. Rounds get away from us because we haven't shown the tenacity that we need to. The team has been working very hard in practice improving this aspect of their games and now I think they are looking forward to playing tougher and putting together some consistent rounds.

The second half was perfect. Better combination, better shooting, more vigor. We knew the match would be tough, but it was even tougher than expected.

The snap count, it's an advantage. When you go to the silent count, you lose that advantage. It's a good little amount of time. You've got to look at the ball, and it costs you split-seconds. It's even tougher for the tackles, because they're lined up way out there.

The thing that happens is that politicians run on tough-on-crime rhetoric. You appeal to the public and say, 'Let's put more money into taller fences, tougher laws, tougher sentencing, handcuffs,' and where does that money come from? Well, immediately, it comes out of all the money needed for corrections.

I've always looked at it as a big honor to go play for your own country, especially in the Olympics. It's honor to be there, even if it's a tougher season for us. I think in the future, you're going to see that it was great experience again.

I want a world championship. I think I'm very capable and I've become a tougher competitor. I think it's very much within my reach.

Sometimes when you get out in the open water, it's a little easier to go. You get six or seven people all going the same speed, it's a lot tougher to race.

Sometimes when I was aggressive and came to the net, he actually played some of his better tennis. That sort of made it a little bit tougher out there because then I get a little bit negative and defensive. That's not the best way for me to play.

Sometimes the harder you try the tougher it gets. (Towers) will be there in the end. He's just going through a tough stretch right now. He's always won for us and we expect him to again. He's just off to a slow start.

Sometimes, it's tougher to face guys you don't really know. I think I faced three or four of those guys in the past.

Sometimes filming can be grueling when you're shooting the same scene for a week, or you're sitting around for 7 hours a day. They sound like very first-world champagne problems. I don't mean to sound like life is so hard, but filming sometimes is tougher than other times.

Sometimes it concerns you that when you have won for a period time, the players start thinking you have a right to win. You have to earn it every play, and I say that every week. We didn't go out there and do it last week, and TCU played harder and tougher than we did.

Sometimes it concerns you that when you have won for a period of time, the players start thinking you have a right to win. You have to earn it every play, and I say that every week. We didn't go out there and do it last week, and TCU played harder and tougher than we did.

San Jose is a better ball club. They played much more competitive in the league. We'll have a tougher game (tomorrow) than we did tonight.

Prior to this latest event, we had been cautious in our outlook for the company due to a number of potential issues such as product transition risk and tougher year-ago comparisons.

People think they know Tom Brady. But he is better and tougher than people understand. He's amazing. Since I've been involved in the team, I don't think there is anyone who has played with more difficulty with pain and potential for injuries. He pushes it to the end. I've never seen anyone as physically tough as he is since we've owned the team. That's why he's such a great leader.

Our defense stepped up tonight, ... We are fighting some (illnesses), but we really pulled together in the back and covered each other. This was one of our tougher games. It was a close match and I was really pleased that we came away with the win.

People should be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to. Should these relationships be treated the way traditional marriage is? That is a tougher problem. I try to be open minded as much as I can.

The ones that are not on yet are probably the ones that are going to require more time and attention. Now we are really getting into the tougher part of the job. I don't think that people really understand the magnitude of the damage that's been done.

African leaders must put all possible pressure on the Sudanese government to stop impeding the effective operation of AMIS. The Sudanese government's continued attacks on civilians merit a tougher response from the African Union.

So you realize that our division just got that much tougher with the upgrades that all these teams made. They've turned themselves into some great hockey clubs.

Once you give up five, ... if they peck away and get one here and get one there, it makes it tougher to win.

The more hawkish rhetoric we've had from the ECB and talk of the next move in interest rates being up is protecting the euro a little. The problem the market has is that it's tougher talk, but action is still some way away.

Defensively, it's tougher to guard. Jordan could easily average quite a few more points now.

Dell is taking a more aggressive look at its expense structure, and I'm hearing that they are doing their employee reviews earlier than expected and that they are being tougher than they've been in the past on weeding out those who are underperforming.

Definitely four years ago, you had the names and you went with them. Now some of those guys got older and a lot of young guys are coming in, and it is tougher for sure. But I'd like to think that's a good thing for Canada, you can't really go wrong. There's going to be great players left off the team.