“I'm a tough coach, but on the other side of that is me telling them to go all out, "because you're great, because I don't want you to fail, because you were born to do this and you have a dream."” WantDreamSidesBornFailingToughCoaches Author:Laurieann Gibson
“Eventually private enterprise will be able to send people into orbit, but I suspect initially it's going to have to be with NASA's help. Whether it's going to be a consortium or one entity remains to be seen. I could be wrong. I could be one of the old fogies! Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing. It happens. A company has to be willing to bear the risk of its rocket failing. It's a very large capital investment.” PeopleWayHelpingHappensAbleCompanyFailingRiskWillingBearsToughRemainsInvestmentEnterpriseSuspectsEntityRocketsNasaOrbitPrivate EnterpriseRocket ScienceCapital Investment Author:Sally Ride
“From this day forward, Flight Control will be known by two words: "Tough" and "Competent." Tough means we are forever accountable for what we do or what we fail to do. We will never again compromise our responsibilities. Every time we walk into Mission Control we will know what we stand for. Competent means we will never take anything for granted. We will never be found short in our knowledge and in our skills.” KnowsMeanTwoFoundWalksResponsibilityKnownForeverFailingSkillsToughSafetyMissionsFlightCompromiseGrantedAviationThis DayCompetentNever Take Anything For Granted Author:Gene Kranz
“Rather than following through on the proven crime and violence prevention techniques that work, we are back to tough-talking sound byte policies that have been proven to not only fail to reduce crime but actually increase crime, waste taxpayers' money and discriminate against minorities.” Has BeensSoundTalkingViolenceFailingCrimePolicyWasteToughIncreaseFollowingTechniqueMinoritiesProvenTaxpayersPreventionFollow Through Author:Bobby Scott
“Sampling out corruption is a very tough job, but I say so in all seriousness that we would be failing in our duty if we do not tackle this problem seriously and with determination.” IfsProblemWould BeJobsFailingDutyToughDeterminationCorruptionSeriousnessSampling Author:Lal Bahadur Shastri
“Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.” WayFailingToughRocketsRocket Science Author:Sally Ride
“I've remembered that most of life is about small, essential connections, so unobtrusive, so elastic, that you scarcely realize they're actually holding you together. The big ones-the great, grand emotional bonds-those are the ones that break, the ones that fail you, the ones that give way and send you careening toward the foot of the bleak and jagged canyon. It's the tough, gnarled, unadorned ties that really do bind, that never let you fall all the way down into darkness.” WayGivingBigsTogetherLife IsFallRealizingBreakDarknessFailingFeetEmotionalEssentialsToughConnectionsRememberedTiesBleakCanyons Book:The Shape of Desire Source: The Shape of Desire