“Between his eyes, there were four lines, the marks of such misery as children should never feel. He spoke with that wonderful whisky voice that so many Spanish children have, and he was a tough and entire little boy.” FeelsShouldChildrenLittlesEyeVoiceLinesBoysFourWonderfulToughMarkMiseryHis EyesSpokesWhiskeyLittle BoysWhiskyScotch Whiskey Author:Martha Gellhorn
“All those tough guys who want to scare the world into seeing them as men . . . who don't know how to be a man with a woman, only abrute or a boy, who fill up the divorce courts; all those corporate raiders and rain-forest burners and war starters who want more in hopes that will make them feel better; . . . are suffering from Father Hunger. They go through their puberty rituals day after day for a lifetime, waiting for a father to anoint them and say "Attaboy," to treat them as good enough to be considered a man.” KnowsMenWorldWantFeelsWarEnoughGuySufferingFatherWaitingBoysKnow HowSeeingToughRainTreatsCourtLifetimeHungerDivorceForestsCorporateGood EnoughRitualScareFeel BetterFatherhoodBe A ManPubertyStartersTough GuyRaiders Author:Frank Pittman
“Now that I'm losing some, I can see how tough I was -- the killer instinct, the single-mindedness, playing like a machine. Boy, that's what made me a champion.” MadeI CanBoysLosingToughMachinesInstinctChampionKillersSingle MindednessKiller Instinct Author:Chris Evert
“Boy, it's a tough planet if you want it to be. But a great planet if you let it.” IfsWantBoysPlanetsTough Author:Gary Busey
“It's a fickle town, a tough town. They getcha, boy. They don't let you escape with minor scratches and bruises. They put scars on you here.” BoysNew YorkToughTownsScarMinorsScratchesBruisesFickle Author:Reggie Jackson
“Being a father is the hardest job on the planet, because we don't have parental instincts like women have. You have to learn how to be a father before you even become a father, from a very young age. It's necessary to override what we're told in society a father should be, like if your son falls and scrapes his knee, you got to be tough. Baseball and all that are cool, but it's the tenderness and interactions that are really important. Boys are different; we have to impart that sensibility and that tenderness to them.” IfsShouldImportantDifferentAgeJobsYoungFallFatherBoysPlanetsSonToughBaseballInstinctHardestKneesInteractionTendernessSensibilityYoung AgeImpartParentalYour SonBeing A FatherHardest Job Author:Malik Yusef
“It's a big change for a country boy like me, to be in the limelight in New York City. It was most definitely a tough adjustment.” CountryBigsCitiesBoysNew YorkToughLike MeNew York CityAdjustmentLimelightBig ChangesCountry Boy Author:Brandon Jacobs
“I'll always be the baby in the family. I'm the youngest sister, but growing up with so many boys, it makes you tough. You get teased. There's no tiptoeing around each other. You say it the way it is; you're honest.” WayBoysGrowing UpGrowingHonestBabyTough Author:Nicola Peltz
“When I was 12 or 13 I already knew that I was gay. And then my interests were not conventional. So I was very different, in every sense of the word. And in an all-boys school, that's tough.” DifferentSchoolInterestBoysGayToughConventional Author:Jason Wu
“I don't care how much talent a team has - if the boys don't think tough, practice tough, and live tough, how they play tough on Saturday.” IfsThinkingPlayCareBoysPracticeTeamTalentToughDon't CareI Don't CareSaturdayAlabama Football Author:Bear Bryant
“One of the reasons I got into this game was because I wanted to learn how to get myself comfortable in uncomfortable situations. I grew up in a tough area of Dublin, and fighting was just part of your life. Boys fight, and I won some, but I lost a lot too, and I didn't like that, I didn't like that feeling of not knowing whether I was in danger, in trouble.” ReasonFeelingsWantedFightingGamesLostSituationBoysKnowingTroubleDangerGrewComfortableGrew UpToughAreasUncomfortableNot KnowingDublinUncomfortable Situations Author:Conor McGregor
“As a teenager I just wanted to fit in, just to be one of the boys. It was tough. I went to an all black school. I went so far as to have them print my negative in the yearbook. I think it was the black teeth that gave me away.” ThinkingWantedSchoolBlackBoysFitToughNegativeTeethTeenagerPrintAll BlackYearbook Author:Ronnie Shakes
“Down is an incredibly important band to me. And there's one other project that may be a little tough for people to understand - it's not sonically heavy, but subject-wise it's absolutely heavy. It's a band that I've been in for many, many yearsm and I've just been waiting for the right itme, and boy, it sure is the right time. So, yeah, you will hear music from Philip Anselmo again, and it ain't gonna be nothing nice.” PeopleMayLittlesImportantWaitingBoysWiseNiceSubjectsBandProjectsToughYeahHeavyRight TimePhilip Author:Phil Anselmo
“You know, boy versus girl. But she's a tough warrior, so I almost treated it like unisex. But it makes a difference how tall the actors are, because I needed to know that if Olivia Wilde sits in a car that the director, Joe Kosinski can still get the angle he wants, as opposed to maybe in another vehicle than Jeff Bridges has to sit in. So that was fascinating. Because in a real car you change everything and adjust it. But here you have one shot.” IfsKnowsWantStillsRealGirlActorsDifferencesBoysCarNeededDirectorsShotsToughTreatedWarriorBridgesMaking A DifferenceFascinatingTallVehicleAngleVersusWildeOliviaUnisex Author:Daniel Simon
“The movie I've seen the most times, boy, that's a tough one. It would have to be a toss-up between Apocalypse Now and the first Star Wars. I think the first Star Wars.” ThinkingFirstsWarStarsBoysToughApocalypseToss Author:David Crosby
“[My boys] they're all different. Jackie was very competitive. He was a tough kid - a little bit like Nick. Steve was sort of a finesse guy. He was a little bit like Nick - if he could touch it, he'd catch it. He played wide receiver at Florida State. Then, Gary came along and Gary was more my size.” IfsLittlesDifferentStatesKidsGuyBitsBoysLittle BitToughSizeWideFloridaJackieGaryReceiverMy BoysFinesseWide ReceiverFlorida State Author:Jack Nicklaus