“The difference between winning nineteen games and winning twenty for a pitcher is bigger than anyone out of baseball realizes. It's the same for hitters - someone who hits .300 looks back on the guy who batted .295 and says 'tough luck buddy.” LooksGuyGamesWinningRealizingDifferencesToughBaseballBiggerTwentiesLuckBuddyPitcherNineteen Author:Warren Spahn
“When you’re working with Army and Marine Corps units, you immediately notice a difference. The Army is pretty tough, but their performance can depend on the individual unit. Some are excellent, filled with hoorah and first-class warriors. A few are absolutely horrible; most are somewhere in between. In my experience, Marines are gung ho no matter what. They will all fight to the death. Every one of them just wants to get out there and kill. They are bad-ass, hard-charging mothers.” WantFirstsMatterHardMotherFightingIndividualDifferencesClassDependsToughPerformancesArmyNo Matter WhatFilledHorribleAssWarriorExcellentUnitsBad AssMarineMarine CorpsFirst ClassCharging Author:Chris Kyle
“I think the biggest difference is that I've noticed Western parents seem much more concerned about their children's psyches, their self-esteem, whereas tough immigrant parents assume strength rather than fragility in their children and therefore behave completely differently.” ThinkingChildrenSelfSeemsParentDifferencesSelf EsteemToughConcernedAssumingWesternEsteemBehaveImmigrantsFragilityPsychImmigrant Parents Author:Amy Chua
“The tough-minded ... respect difference. Their goal is a world made safe for differences, where the United States may be American to the hilt without threatening the peace of the world, and France may be France, and Japan may be Japan on the same conditions.” WorldMayMadeStatesGoalDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesConditionsSafeToughFranceJapanThreatening Book:The Chrysanthemum and the Sword Source: The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
“The things that are the hardest are the things that are due the quickest. The more time you have the easier it is to come up with things and navigate. I think the other things that are tough are films that are very, very subtle. Where there are little tiny nuances that make a big difference.” ThinkingLittlesBigsFilmDifferencesEasierToughCome UpDuesTinyHardestSubtleMore TimeNuanceNavigate Author:Christopher Lennertz