“Donald Trump in Philadelphia, and he's delivering a very substantive speech on military preparedness, the status of the current military. He detailed the deterioration of the U.S. military in the past eight years and explained how he's going to rebuild it and why we need to, and it's a very tough audience. It's an expressly military audience, and they are of course listening for any sign that he's not really genuine here. I think, knocking this out of the park as far as that audience is concerned.” ThinkingNeedsYearsPastCoursesAudienceMilitaryListeningTrumpSpeechToughConcernedCurrentsEightGenuineParksKnockingPhiladelphiaDeliveringPreparednessDeterioration Author:Rush Limbaugh
“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
“We have a great field and I'm very happy about that. It's a tough time of year as it gets closer to the Masters, but I'm appreciative of the players who are here, and I'm expecting a great week.” YearsPlayerWeekFieldsMastersToughExpectingVery HappyTough TimesAppreciative Author:Arnold Palmer
“I'm away 250 days a year. It's a tough situation.” YearsSituationToughTough Situations Author:Anthony Bourdain
“In the early years, I was able to accommodate most of the requests and favors that came my way, but as the requests multiplied, I had to make tough choices because the numbers were more than I could handle.” WayYearsAbleChoicesNumbersToughFavorsHandleMy WayRequestAccommodateTough Choices Author:LaVell Edwards
“If you've worked together with somebody very well, leave-taking is very difficult. But we are all politicians. We all know that democracy lives off change. So, in the United States of America, the Constitution has very clear stipulations on this. It's a tough rule. Eight years and that's it, out goes the president and a new one comes in.” IfsKnowsYearsWellsStatesTogetherAmericaDifficultPresidentUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyClearPoliticianToughConstitutionEightUnited States Of AmericaStipulations Author:Angela Merkel
“I love the Olympics. I love the idea of something happening every four years. I've always had love for Bulgaria, and I've always been a Bulgarian. That's also really part of why I want to play it. I know it's tough for the calendar, but at the same time, it's the Olympics.” KnowsWantYearsIdeasPlayFourHappeningsToughFour YearsOlympicsCalendarsBulgariaBulgarians Author:Grigor Dimitrov
“Before Rocky III, I was minding my own business, there was a Tough Man contest. I won that contest two years in a row and I didn't win because I was the toughest, the roughest or the baddest. I won when I was training for the contest, I told my pastor "They're having a contest and when I win the contest I'm a give you the money so you can buy food and clothes for the less fortunate people in the community." That was what Mr. T was about, that was back in 1979. I didn't have a car then but that's what I'm about.” PeopleMenGivingYearsTwoWinningCommunityMy OwnCarClothesTrainingToughFortunateTwo YearsPastorContestsOwn BusinessLess FortunateMinding My Own BusinessTough Man Author:Mr. T
“For all the supporters of Tesla over the years, and it's been several years now and there have been some very tough times, I'd just like to say thank you very much. I deeply appreciate the support, particularly through the darkest times.” YearsHas BeensSupportToughAppreciateSupporterTough TimesSaying Thank YouTeslaDarkest Times Author:Elon Musk
“It goes without saying that 'Buncha Losers' comedies speak to tough times. The massive unemployment of the Reagan years gave us 'Taxi,' 'Cheers' and the genre-defining 'Night Court,' a show you could never admit to watching without making people feel sorry for you.” PeopleFeelsYearsShowsNightSpeakComedyToughCourtSorryGenreMassiveLoserCheerUnemploymentDefiningTough TimesTaxiFeel Sorry For YouNight Court Author:Rob Sheffield
“And I have to tell you, as tough as farming is, the idea of farming when you’re losing money year after year... that’s not life even, that’s like death. That’s eternal damnation.” YearsIdeasEternalLosingToughFarmingDamnationLosing Money Book:The Off Season Source: The Off Season
“But what Dakota most enjoyed about the beginning of winter was the crispness of the air (that practically demanded the wearing of knits) and the way that tough New Yorkers - on the street, in elevators, in subways - were suddenly willing to risk a smile. To make a connection with a stranger. To finally see one another after strenuously avoiding eye contact all year.” WayYearsEyeRiskAirStreetsWillingToughConnectionsWinterStrangerChristmasContactEnjoyedAvoidingNew YorkersSubwayElevatorsEye ContactDakota Book:Knit the Season Source: Knit the Season
“The theater is the only institution in the world which has been dying for four thousand years and has never succumbed. It requires tough and devoted people to keep it alive.” PeopleWorldYearsHas BeensFourAliveDyingThousandToughTheaterInstitutionsDevotedThousand Years Book:Once There Was a War Source: Once There Was a War
“It’s been a tough couple of years for condescending nerds. And if bookstores fall, Jon, America will be inundated with a wandering, snarky underclass of unemployable purveyors of useless and arcane esoterica.” IfsYearsAmericaFallCoupleToughWanderUselessNerdBookstoresCondescendingArcane Author:John Hodgman
“We won the European Championship last September and now the world title. That is some year for French beach soccer! Now comes the hard part. We have to keep improving and that's difficult because it's tough to do better than winning a world title.” WorldYearsHardLastsWinningDifficultToughSoccerBeachTitlesSeptemberChampionshipImproving Author:Eric Cantona
“Santa is having a tough time this year. Last year he deducted eight billion for gifts, and the IRS wants an itemized list” WantYearsLastsToughEightListsBillionsChristmasLast YearSantaTough TimesIrsFunny Money Author:Milton Berle
“It's tough to say, exactly, what things will look like in three to five years, but there's a lot of work to do in just moving along the path that we've already set out.” YearsLooksMovingThreePathFiveHard WorkToughFive Years Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“For years, I never thought I needed a short game. Finally I just decided to do something about it. I needed to get up and down from tough spots on the par-5s for my birdies. So I went to Phil [Rogers]. He's the best. For the last couple weeks, Phil has been staying at my house and we've been practicing in the evening.” YearsHas BeensLastsGamesHouseWeekCoupleNeededToughDecidedGolfGet UpSpotsEveningStayingUp And DownRoger Author:Jack Nicklaus
“This time last year I would have said Federer would beat Sampras's record. Now I'm not so sure. His aura has gone. He's not as dominant as he was, and since I beat him in Australia he's looked frustrated. Players are beginning to challenge him now, especially myself and Rafa. He's got 12 Grand Slams to his name and maybe he will beat Sampras, but now I'm here it will be tough for him.” YearsSaidLastsNamesChallengesGoneRecordsPlayerBeatsToughTennisAustraliaLast YearFrustratedDominantSlamAurasMotivational TennisFederer Author:Novak Djokovic
“Korean children get a lot of fuss made over them, I guess because life was tough in the old country, and it was a big deal if you survived. There's a big party thrown when you are 100 days old, followed by another when you make it to one whole year.” IfsYearsChildrenMadeCountryWholeBigsDealsPartyToughThrownSurvivedBig DealKoreanWhole Year Author:Margaret Cho
“The Chinese soldier was tough, brave, and experienced. After all he had been fighting on his own without help for years. He was a veteran among the Allies.” WorldYearsWarHelpingFightingToughBraveSoldierChineseWar Of The WorldsAlliesVeteranFighting On Author:William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim