“Growing up with three older brothers and being the youngest and the only girl, my mom always made me tough. She's taught me over the years how to be a strong, independent woman, how to carry yourself in a positive way and anything that my brothers can do, I can do.” WayYearsMadeI CanGirlThreeStrongCan DoGrowing UpGrowingTaughtBrotherMomToughIndependentMy MomMy BrotherIndependent WomenOlder BrotherStrong Independent WomenBeing Independent WomanStrong Independent Author:Diana Lopez
“My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.” MenWantCharacterStrongMomToughMy MomStrong Character Author:Lance Armstrong
“Its tough growing up where I grew up. My family is very small and really tight. Just being around the neighborhood, my brothers were always around. I didnt want to be in any trouble because I knew my mom or brothers would find out. I didnt want to hurt their feelings. I just tried to do everything right.” WantFeelingsHurtGrowing UpGrowingTroubleBrotherGrewMomGrew UpToughMy FamilyMy MomMy BrotherNeighborhoodJust Being Author:Derrick Rose
“Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason. Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected. And those wouldn't have happened had I not accepted my injury as a way to try something new.” WayGivingTryingLittlesReasonHappensOpportunityHappenedTaughtMomGiving UpToughScaryMy MomExpectedAcceptedThings HappenInjurySomething NewRetiringGymnasticsGreat OpportunityEverything Happens For A ReasonHappens For A Reason Author:Shawn Johnson
“My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always there for me.” InspirationMomBasketballToughMy MomTough TimesAlways There For Me Author:LeBron James
“I said [to my mom], "I want to go to the parachute regiment." She said, "Whew, that's tough. But okay, I understand."” WantSaidMomToughOkayMy MomParachutes Author:Scott Raab
“I just kept thinking about what my mom [Hillary Clinton] has said repeatedly when people have asked her similar questions, she's tough and she can take whatever people say about her.” PeopleThinkingSaidMomToughClintonMy Mom Author:Chelsea Clinton
“My mom always has this amazing ability to always see the best in a situation. In that moment [when finished 2nd in the 200 meter race in the 2008 Olympic games] I was just completely devastated. I mean, I had worked so hard; that was my opportunity. And she was just able to turn it around for me. She helped me to be able to see the other side of things and that this is not the end for me. She's just an amazing supporter and an encouraging person and she has a unique ability to do that. And so those are the kind of things she said to me in that moment and over the next four years. When things get tough, she's always been my strength.” YearsKindPersonsSaidMomentsNextAbilityFourMomUniqueToughMy MomThat MomentFour YearsSupporterWhen Things Get Tough Author:Allyson Felix
“My father wanted to be an actor, dreamed about being an actor, but he gave it up because my mom and his family told him, "You're never going to make it; it's too tough out there."” WantedActorsFatherMomToughMy Mom Author:David Copperfield
“As a kid, I was a big reader. Books and theater were the way I understood the world, and also the way I organized my sense of morality, of how to live a good life. I would read all night. My mom would come into my room and tell me I had to go to sleep, so I would hide books under my bed. At first I had a tough time getting through novels, so I read plays, because a play is generally shorter and has all those tools for getting people hooked early on.” PeopleWorldBookKidsNightSleepNovelMomMoralityToughMy MomGood LifeTough TimesGoing To Sleep Author:Greta Gerwig
“My dad is like a cactus - introverted and tough. I'm a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He's my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me.” PeopleNeedsGivingPersonsRealCountryRunningMomHeroDadToughBuiltMy DadMy MomEnormousMy HeroCompetitivenessIntrovertedCactusBelarus Author:Gary Vaynerchuk
“But mostly, I remembered what I’ve always believed. What my mom taught me. That while some things are just plain awful, most things in life can be seen either tragic or comic. And it’s your choice. Is life a big, long, tiresome slog from sadness to regret to guilt to resentment to self-pity? Or is life weird, outrageous, bizarre, ironic, and just stupid? Gotta go with stupid. It’s not the easy way out. Self pity is the easiest thing in the world. Finding the humor, the irony, the slight justification for a skewed, skeptical optimism. That’s tough. - Marco, Animorphs #35: The Proposal” WorldWayLongSelfBigsChoicesEasySadnessStupidTaughtRegretMomFindingsToughOptimismGuiltMy MomPityAwfulComicIronyRememberedTragicIronicResentmentThings In LifeJustificationBizarreProposalSkepticalOutrageousSelf PityEasy WayMarcosTiresome Author:Katherine Applegate