“I would have been about seven years old when the formative years of my competitive football education began. I was playing in the local leagues around Manchester, playing against lads from tough areas who had been taught they had to fight for everything.” YearsHas BeensFightingFootballTaughtToughAreasSevenLocalsLeagueSeven YearsManchesterLadFormative Years Author:Gary Neville
“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
“It was the world of Southern, rural, black growing up, of folks sitting on porches day and night, of folks calling your mama, 'cause you walked by and didn't speak, and of the switch waiting when you got home so that you could be taught some manners. It was a world of single black older women schoolteachers, dedicated, tough; they had taught your mama, her sisters, and her friends. They knew your people in ways that you never would and shared their insight, keeping us in touch with generations. It was a world where we had a history.” PeopleWorldWayHomeNightSpeakCausesWaitingBlackHistoryGrowing UpGrowingGenerationsTaughtCallingSittingToughFolksInsightMannersSouthernDedicatedMamaDay And NightPorchOlder Women Author:Bell Hooks
“I didn't go to Catholic school but I had a tough teacher, a tough math teacher.I remember everything that guy taught me. I really do.” SchoolRememberGuyTeacherTaughtToughCatholicMathThat GuyCatholic SchoolRemembers EverythingMath Teacher Author:Meryl Streep
“Skills can be taught. It's tough to teach heart. Talent is fairly common.” HeartCommonTeachTalentTaughtSkillsToughSkills Development Author:Bill Johnson
“I've always been taught to play the game hard. Baseball is such a tough game, it really humbles you at times, you just have to try not to get too high or too low.” TryingHardPlayGamesTaughtLowsToughBaseballTough Games Author:Chase Utley
“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
“They [Tom Hanks and Paul Newman] were simply always high level masters, and taught me as a kid actor never to be an a*shole to anybody, because it would be very tough to get past where they are.” Would BeKidsPastActorsLevelsTaughtMastersToughTomsHigh LevelNewman Author:Tyler Hoechlin
“The code that most prisoners live by is an extension of the masculine roles they were taught growing up, how they were conditioned about what it means to be a man: you've got to be strong, you've got to be tough, you've got to be in charge.” MenMeanStrongRolesGrowing UpGrowingTaughtToughCodeLive ByPrisonerExtensionsMasculineBe A Man Author:James Fox
“I have to say, opening up in New York taught me a lot about that level of attention to detail. London's a tough market, Paris is a tough market, but New York, well, that's extraordinary.” WellsLevelsAttentionNew YorkTaughtToughExtraordinaryDetailsLondonOpeningParisOpening UpAttention To Detail Author:Gordon Ramsay
“When I was growing up, my mother, who had been through a lot of terrible things in life, taught me that when life is tough your instinct is to close your heart. But if you can accept what happened and reach out to someone, there will always be someone less fortunate, or someone that can bring a solution and help your life.” IfsHeartHelpingLife IsMotherAcceptingGrowing UpGrowingHappenedTaughtTerribleSolutionsToughInstinctFortunateReach OutThings In LifeTerrible ThingsLess FortunateLife Is Tough Author:Jane Seymour
“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
“the quote that i liked is"The moment of the baby boy is born is taught to be tough" i really liked this quote from the book that am reading because i think its the same in UAE,we teach our baby boy to be strong and to get up without crying and to depend on him self.” ThinkingBookSelfMomentsReadingStrongBornBoysTeachCryTaughtBabyDependsToughGet UpBaby Boy Author:Steve Harvey
“I have an amazing mother who's a real tough cookie. She taught me not to get emotional about [sexism in Hollywood], just be really practical and objective. Later, in the privacy of my own home, maybe I'll bawl or break some dishes, but you just have to keep going. It's not about fighting, it's about educating.” RealHomeMotherFightingMy OwnBreakEmotionalTaughtMomToughHollywoodMotherhoodPracticalsObjectivesPrivacyKeep GoingSexismBeing RealDishesCookies Author:Zoe Saldana
“To experience the good you have to have seen the bad; plus it makes you appreciate blessings more. Tough times taught me to be a fighter.” TaughtBlessingToughAppreciateAssFighterPlusBad AssBadassTough Times Author:Pink