Toughest Quotations | Page 4

Faith in the God within is the toughest shield against the thrusts of Fate.

But my mom knew this was my job and she gave me her blessing and told me to stay out here and do the best I could out here. But overall it was, by far, the toughest time in my life.

We've been pretty good in all the months, but I guess that one stands out. We had a lot of confidence in the freshmen, but I am surprised at how well they have played defensively. That's always the toughest thing for freshmen and they still have a long way to go.

Tuesday and Wednesday at 9 are probably the toughest battlegrounds.

Yes, we caught quite a bit of heat. But in the end, the only thing that really matters is how did it end? And we ended up with the toughest steroids program in American sports.

We've had the people step up. I'll go on record as saying our region is one of the toughest in the state with the likes of Timberland, Lake Marion and us. Three of our top four teams in the region reached the third round. That's a statement in itself.

We'll have to train a little harder now. We'll be training for the toughest race to win in the world.

Wrestling is one of those things that you'll always feel like you've failed because it's always so individualized. Unless you get everyone through that you want, you are going to be disappointed. This was the toughest sectional in the state.

Wrestling is just something David does well, but it does not consume him. David thinks and acts with the team concept and has an agenda for the team, not for self. Because he took his record to several of the toughest tournaments in the country and won, I believe he is the best four-year undefeated wrestler to come out of Florida.

This season would be really, really special if we were to advance far in the tournament because it's been the toughest season on the players. A lot of these younger guys are experiencing stuff they've never experienced before with all of the pressure and all of the talk about us not being able to play together in the Connecticut basketball sense. It would be very, very gratifying to go far in the tournament. I think that's something that we're trying to feed off of and we're trying to use that to help us play.

Uribe can't hit a guy who throws junk. And then he hits a triple against the toughest pitcher in baseball.

We will pretty much count on our defense to get it done, ... We would like to win the division and continue to compete with the teams in our league. This is the toughest league in the state, so it makes it a little more difficult for us, but we want to set our goals high and work to achieve them. We do have a lot of good athletes, especially in the freshmen and sophomore classes, so the sooner they get some experience the better we will be in the long run.

This weekend against DePaul was Ashley's toughest match ever, and I sat there for the entire match to help her.

Those two statistics are ridiculous. But as down as I am and as our fans are, this season wasn't a total disaster. We won 22 games and had some good wins playing maybe the toughest schedule in the country.

This was the toughest schedule we had to go up against. We played a lot of games this season, but that prepared us for the state tournament. You have to play three games in a row to win the tournament and playing the type of schedule we had definitely helped our conditioning.

This was the toughest match of my life, ... I want to thank the fans, without whom I would have lost.

This was the toughest game I've every played in my life. Playing against their big guy, he's just so physically strong. I mean, he's just a great player. I just played my heart out, stayed in front of him the whole game. He's strong, but I played my best.

This was really new to them and they suffered from culture shock. After that, they wrestled really well. It didn't help that they were in tough weight classes with 119 (Karns) being the toughest and 125 (Parker) right up there.

This was probably the toughest game since I've been back. I was tired with like three minutes left. I kind of looked at him (Calhoun) for a sub and he said we had a TV timeout coming up. So I waited. I waited it out, but I was tired.

This was probably the toughest game of the year. We're proud of ourselves. We could have packed it in when they made a run and just said 'we're going to lose this one.' But good teams don't make excuses. They find ways, and we want to keep this thing rolling.

This was a tough match to play, but you have to start some place. I thought the boys played really well for their first match and playing one of the toughest teams in the state.

We were one of the better teams in the league on the road. That's usually the toughest part of the equation. We need to play well at home and establish home-field advantage and superiority.

We don't really pay attention to rankings, but I do know they are one of the toughest teams we are going to face. But I think our team is playing better. I don't think this was just us playing up to them. I think we're really starting to peak.

You have coaches trusting players and players trusting coaches, ... Donovan's one of the toughest competitors I've ever been around, maybe the toughest.

This year is the toughest schedule since I've been in high school. Every game, there's no letup. But we haven't gotten tired yet. Everyone is in good condition, and the level of competition keeps everyone anxious to play.

This year has been a lot tougher than last year. This is probably one of the toughest coaching jobs I've ever had. You're getting everybody's No. 1; there's no hiding. Trying to repeat is the toughest thing.

This year, for a lot reasons and for a lot of teams, has been an exercise in survival. Getting past the attrition of a long year for a lot of different reasons. We both survived in probably the toughest division in baseball to get to a point where whomever wins that series will probably get in. It doesn't matter how we got here. It's what we do the rest of the way.

We've probably had the toughest losses of anybody in America. I think the table will turn.

What (Cox) has been able to do, infuse young talent throughout the years, young pitchers and win is one of the toughest jobs to do. Nobody has done it better.

We sought out what we thought were the toughest teams in Division 2. I think the total experience since they've been playing together has prepared them well.

We had the toughest first-round game in the state.

We had the toughest draw of anyone in the tournament, but that's the way we want it. By playing top teams like St. Thomas Aquinas and Jenks, we're only going to get better.

We will never go. We have spent six of the toughest and hardest months of our lives here under the open sky, chilling winter and snow. Now the crisis is over, why should we leave?

We got our work cut out for us, with the three games and the three toughest teams out there.

We go to Rutgers (Saturday). Coach told us their arena is a mini-Kentucky, that Rutgers and Pittsburgh are the two toughest places to play in the Big East. We'll have to go in there and play the same defense we played tonight.

We controlled most of the game. It took us a while to settle down. But once we did, we were all right. Now we have the toughest part of our schedule coming up.

We're very open to it. Our toughest challenge is finding partners." ()

Vanderbilt and us are in probably the toughest six-team division (SEC East) in college football. It makes it very difficult to have a breakthrough year. Stanford, by and large, doesn't have as large a hill to climb.

Vista, because it was pretty much conceived during the toughest times for Microsoft with regards to malicious software, has the most protection in it compared to any of their platforms.

You gotta keep throwing blows. The biggest thing I tried to stress was that the toughest team was going to win.

We didn't have the start we were looking for, but we have the toughest division in the NHL. We're pretty happy with our standing. We have a chance to be first in our division, and that's what we're looking for.

We had some girls to step up, and that helped a lot. We know how good Nash Central is. They're going to be one of the toughest teams we will face in our conference.

Even though I've been overseas and raced against some of the best and toughest drivers in the world, I'm not expecting to be given a red carpet welcome by the V8 boys this weekend,

Billy was in the toughest weight class in the Shore, and for him to comeback like he did shows what kind of leader he is. He stepped up.

Billy's tough, obviously. He's one of the toughest pitchers you're going to face in the league. If there's a spot where you want to take a chance, you want to do that on the base paths. Chances are you're not going to string two base hits against him, so it's worth taking a little bit of a risk.

Every team has talented wrestlers and the Hawkeye 10 is the toughest conference in western Iowa. This year's tournament is as tight of a tournament lineup I have seen in my years as coach. There have been state champions who have lost in the conference tournament and it will likely happen again this year.

Every game he plays in, he's ... one of the toughest guys on the floor. He's got size, strength, athleticism, and he can play. He gives them one of the best players in the game, and you can see that they've played with a little more pop since he's been with them. He seems to have an effect on their group, the way they get after it a little bit.

And this was the toughest schedule we've ever had.

Ever since I've been here, this is one of the toughest places to play. The crowd is always on you. It's frustrating. We won (here) in preseason, but that doesn't count. Now we'll have to wait until next year to break the streak.

Enrique draws the toughest (defensive) assignment almost every game for us. His job was basically to just deny (Holmes) the ball.

Emerald Valley is definitely the toughest course we play (in the area). This is our biggest home-course advantage. We really need to take advantage of this opportunity.

Employers have all the cards, ... Not only are they sharpening their salary pencils, but the screening of candidates is probably the toughest it's ever been.

Drew is a huge surprise. He's got the toughest defensive position on the field and has done very well back there.

Dudley may be the toughest match up. He?s that physically imposing at the small forward position. He?s so strong and he?s so determined.

Ernie's physical and relentless style of play helped the Steelers earn a reputation for being one of the NFL's toughest teams in the 1950s. He was undersized for his position, but his strength and power were among his greatest assets.

Erin's improvement is probably mentally. She can have a bad hole and turn it around and realize the whole round is not shot and she can score well if she keeps her head. This year will probably be the toughest for Brittany. As a freshman no one expected anything of her. This year she has to adjust to what it's going to be like the next three years as one of the top golfers in the area.

First-round games are some of the toughest to play. But we have to remember this and learn from it.

February has always been the toughest month I remember over my career. It's going to be important to go into the break on a high and that means getting our game in order at home.

Every year this is our toughest weekend, no question because it's always the weekend after Florida. The weather is not as great and they always play us extremely hard. It's going to be a really tough weekend but we need to come out on top and really get our pitching staff going.

Every year it gets harder and harder to narrow down the field of performers. With only 70 home games and all of the applicants, it's one of the toughest decisions we make all year.

There's no need to play Green Bay when you can do multiple shows in Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, New York and many more. It's the toughest obstacle to overcome in us attracting the hot tours. We can't promise them enough to make them play here.

The toughest thing is that, you know, we're a little bit lean on our marketing dollars, and we're pressed on our expense dollars across the board in order to run the business, so we've become a little bit of the world's best-kept secret.

The toughest thing for us to measure is how fair is it to close a trail that we can't maintain.

The toughest thing for us to do is get back to the Super Bowl. But if we get there, this time I think we're going to have the edge it takes to win.

The toughest thing about the Frozen Four is getting in, and now we've got in, and you might as well go up there and try to win it. This opportunity isn't guaranteed every year. Hopefully we'll be back there consistently over the years to come, but it takes a lot of hard work.

The toughest thing about it was I couldn't come to grips with it. I couldn't reason it out in my mind. It was very difficult. I didn't agree with it. I don't think I ever will.

The toughest thing about being a defensive back in the NFL is you do your job, you don't get credit, but if you mess up one time, you can be the goat. I always try to play the same style of game no matter who I'm going up against.

The toughest task now is, 'How are you going to top this?' Because we're going to win another one.

The toughest part was having to take our daughter to court and show and tell the judge that she was an unfit parent, ... She was our only child but she had spiraled out of control. She'd be in their lives for a week and out for six months. We had to have control over what was happening to our grandbabies, so we took her to court.

The toughest part is to be able to execute in the game without thinking. When you're not playing a lot, you have to take drills in practice like they were games, just because you want to be able to go out there and not think, just play.

The toughest part is definitely making up the work. It was extremely tough with wrestling in keeping up on the work. We would be gone three to four days straight and would have to get our homework done and make sure we don't fall behind.

The toughest part is closing out games without her, ... She was our go-to player and great at closing out games. We played together for five years. She was the heart and soul of this team. It's a business, and we just have to do our jobs. We have to start a new era.

The toughest part for us is being so far ahead of where they are, we have to stop, ... We forget that even though we're dealing with 9th-through-12th graders, they've never played so we have to evaluate ourselves as a staff. Take tackling. Some of them are learning and you talk to them, try to teach them and they have that far away look in their eyes and you have to go over it again.

The toughest part for these kids is coming in mid-semester, and not coming in with a full group of young guys. You have to make sure they are being looked after.

The toughest part for bigger-than-average people is to move your feet and to get your feet in good position,

The toughest guy to tackle? Probably Marshall Faulk . Charlie Garner was something special before the injuries. Charlie played full speed all the time. He had shiftiness and ran with good power for a fairly small running back. Yeah, I'd have to say those two guys: Marshall because of the elusiveness and Charlie because he had the speed and shiftiness and ran with good power.

The toughest game to win in the playoffs is your first home game. And I'm not sure we even deserved to win the game. But it's a huge win, because every win at this time of the year is big. To draw first blood is really important for us.

The toughest for us is always the schools and the sheriff. Those are the two really tough ones because they're the biggest part of the budget.

The toughest for me to tackle? Barry Sanders. He was so elusive. And strong. And fast. And small.

The toughest for me are the guys who guess a lot. The good one I play against every year is Samari Rolle. He doesn't just play it by the book. He plays with instincts. Those are the tough guys for me. They can get beat a lot, other times they can look unstoppable. They jump routes. They sit on certain things. They can make plays on pure instincts and pure athletic ability.

The toughest break, I think, we had was the Coca-Cola 600.

The toughest adjustment is definitely the food - the same thing for every meal - rawhide and beans.

I still feel a little worn down, ... It was a great but demanding two weeks. I started to feel a bit better today but getting over a loss like that is probably the toughest thing you have to do.

I see the team has made huge strides this year, especially when considering Hamilton is part of one of the toughest tennis conferences in the state.

I served this department for 26 years and have taken it through some of the toughest times of its history. Every man in a leadership position must know when it's time to hand over the reins.

I've been saying that this is the toughest (Funny Car) field I've ever seen, ... Scelzi, he's smart. He's won championships (three in the Top Fuel division) before. And Capps is plenty shrewd, too. My hat's off to 'em, right now.

I've been watching tape on (Pugh) all year. I knew he would be my toughest competition.

I've been here with Joe for 10 years and this has by far been the toughest year for him, and it's the best job he's done. He's done a good job year in and year out -- this year the job he's done was really special because he had a lot of things to battle through.

I've been here with Joe for 10 years and this has been by far the toughest year for him,

I've been here for 15 years and this is the toughest the section has been top to bottom.

It would have been easy for our people to become distracted by all the merger activities. But, they have remained focused on what's become a real dogfight in the marketplace and brought home record results in the industry's toughest quarter.

I understand the boos. It was one of the toughest things I had to do leaving here. I am also very excited about where I am now.

They are all really strong, fast teams, and they work hard just like we do. I'd rather be playing the three toughest teams than the three easiest teams.

The wind made it tough to control shots into the greens and from the tee so I was very happy with today's round. With the wind doing what it's doing, it was hard to gauge what clubs to hit. A lot of times I was guessing, to be honest with you. They were the toughest conditions I've ever played in.

The word 'partner' is the key to the whole process. The toughest challenge is finding suitable partners. We steer away from entities that want to get involved under the auspices of joint use, but who don't bring sufficient resources to the table. They need to bring value to the enterprise." ()

The season can come down to one round at the regional. In the past few years we really haven't had problems in the sectional. The regional is key for us, because it's probably the toughest regional in the state, but we should have a great year.

These are the toughest markets Kingfisher has faced in many years,

These are the toughest laws in the country.

The schedule says we play at the end and the standings say we're pretty close and those games will matter, ... Both teams have survived the toughest division in baseball and whoever wins the series will probably get into the playoffs. They might be the only one.

The schedule is the toughest we've had in years. The staff and players are excited about having six night games, as well as a number of great teams on the schedule. Each week will be demanding and our guys must be focused and prepared for each opponent.