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Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.

John Wayne

We might ask authors some tougher questions.

Jonathan Burnham

Every time I go to the doctor, he says everything is fine and that it's strong. It's just getting over the mental part. That's tougher than getting over the physical part.

Darren Fenster

I've been managing for 14 years. This is one of the tougher road trips I've been on, and I'm not even playing. I know how my body is feeling right now. I can only (guess) how these guys feel. For them to come out and play this well, I salute them.

Aaron Johnson

It's one thing to take over a program that is down, but it's even tougher when your archrival happens to be the best team in the nation. How do you compete with that? That game was a breakthrough.

Roger Thomas

It wasn't any tougher than I expected, but with only having one guy with any previous experience at this level, it just wasn't in the cards.

Brad Todd

Things are getting tougher in New Zealand. While the rest of the world hasn't really priced in the risks associated with higher interest rates and slower growth, New Zealand's market has started to do so.

Jason Teh

We've got to get more physical and tougher inside.

Tevester Anderson

We have a lot of athletes walking the halls right now. The reasons they aren't playing are numerous. Some don't play strictly because they don't dedicate the time to get their grades. That comes first with me because that's their future. Eligibility requirements have gotten tougher.

Steve Bailey

I wouldn't say it's an easy fix. I think it's a mentality. Once again, I feel like we have to become mentally tougher.

Gail Goestenkors

I think our guys have an attitude about them (heading into the bowl) to play tougher than what they've shown.

Dave Rader

We're learning how to fight, and we're getting better every week and tougher every week. I was real proud of the kids' effort.

Vince Trombetti

He's much tougher [to gallop] this year. Before, he would go out there and just lope around but for the last two and a half, three weeks, every day has been a struggle to just keep him from wanting to roll.

John Servis

We've got to make our players tougher, and we've got to make our players understand the value of winning. And this sure helps.

David Grewe

The only tougher field, ... is O'Hare.

Mark Grace

African leaders must put all possible pressure on the Sudanese government to stop impeding the effective operation of AMIS. The Sudanese government's continued attacks on civilians merit a tougher response from the African Union.

Peter Takirambudde

I don't know exactly what happened, but somebody made a mistake at the school. He's back on the team now. Height-wise, he provides a physical presence, so helpfully with him back we'll be tougher. It makes the bench a little deeper, so that's great.

Tommie Patterson

Mentally, you've just got to keep an open mind. Obviously, John had a great year and I'm behind him, I support him. You just have to stay sharp. As a two-deep quarterback, you don't get as much reps, which is tougher because it's harder to get in a rhythm.

Tyler Donovan

We love the blather and boast, the charge and countercharge of campaigning. Governing is a tougher deal.

Hugh Sidey

When you have 20,000 people cheering against you, you find that energy somewhere, somehow. I think tonight you saw that mentality and mindset. The tougher team won tonight. I feel 100 percent confident in saying that.

Sarah Lowe

Any time you have to run a decent amount away (to field a ground ball), those plays get a lot tougher, just because it's a tougher ground ball to begin with. And then you have to make sure to try not to rush (the throw), because you want to make sure you get the first out, always.

Chris Burke

We're looking at a perfect storm of damage to the family farm. I'm not sure we could face tougher times.

Carolyn Orr

I think it's a testament to the athlete the horse is, and the training his trainer has put into him. I just think he's made him aerobically a more flexible, tougher athlete with the regimen he goes through.

Richard Migliore

We have no depth. Our secondary will be tougher than a year ago, because we're big and physical and have quickness. But we've got to get some depth right now.

Reggie Lewis

We were the little school that surprised a lot of people back then. Little tougher to do that nowadays.

Roger Mazzarella

We were a real explosive offensive team at times last year, but we weren't as consistent as we need to be. I'm hoping our leadership and experience will make us more consistent, everybody buckling down and being tougher.

Dan Hammerschmidt

We had a great road trip last time. It's going to be a lot tougher this time. They're going to be ready for us. They're going into the playoff run, the stretch run, so they're going to come hard and it's going to be tough on us.

Dennis Wideman

My brothers used to wrestle me all the time. They used to love to do moves on me, just to make me tougher. I loved it. I thought it was really fun.

Whitney Conder

It calms me down seeing E.J. there. But I think it would have made me a little calmer if he had won it at 5-2. But I still felt pretty good with him. We knew this was going to be a close match. Center Grove is loaded, but they were tougher than I thought they were.

Mark Noe

I think it may be tougher this year because there are more nerves from the expectation of winning it. I have more motivation to train harder. I never take anything for granted. I like Vitaly. He's a good kid. I'm glad to see him make it here. He'll be a good opponent to have in the finals.

Troy Dolan

Canby is going to be tough. They're tougher than Newberg but not quite as tough as Tualatin.

Amy Wroblewski

Carthage will be as tough or tougher than anybody we've played in district, so we've got to be ready.

Keith Taylor

I wouldn't say that we were on top of our game, which gives us room for improvement and things to work on at practice on Monday. The stakes get tougher. You just put that behind and go after the next one.

Laurie Glass

These are tougher. We're in (the games) and we know we should win them. We've got the people and opportunities to win them. We just need to come through.

Jason Hagadone

They get tougher each week. Johnston will be way tougher than this team so we have to be ready.

Tom Kopatich

They're good enough to beat top teams on any given night. A seven-game series certainly makes it tougher. Can the Suns shut a team down when they're not scoring? The jury's still out.

Tom Chambers

The next six months are definitely going to be tougher for capital markets. Since capital markets are one of the best indicators for Deutsche Bank's performance, some investors may think it can't get any better.

Boris Boehm

I think left field is the tougher of the two [corner positions]. Right-handed hitters tend to hook balls more often than left-handers do.

Tony Gwynn

It was a lot tougher than I expected. What proved significant was that I was right there in the contest despite losing the first set.

Mara Santangelo

You get that first one in, you get a little confidence and then you can go back and serve a little tougher. That's what she did. She's a physical kid up front, but big middles aren't supposed to go back to the back line and hurt you like that and she did it multiple times.

Larry Campbell

We knew it was important for us to win in the doubles matches. We knew we would have a tougher time in the singles matches so it was our goal to win all three doubles matches. That gave us confidence in the singles matches.

Tony Larson

It was naivete at the time. In high school, you don't know what goes into it ... until you get into it and see what it's all about. Before the Atlanta Olympics, this was tougher than I thought.

Glenroy Gilbert

When there's instant success, there is this expectation that (making it that far) is the norm and that we're always going to be there. What a lot of people don't realize is that the region is a lot tougher than before. Every team that has made it this far has earned it.

Amy Pettibone

This sort of military propaganda will definitely give them (those seeking tougher action) more ammunition to level more accusations against Iran that Iran is under a military minded government and leadership.

Mahmoud Alinejad

Other than that second inning our pitching was pretty solid. I thought defensively we played a real solid game, making only one error. When it's this cold defense is a little tougher than your usual day.

Mark Jackley

It's a little tougher because you're spanning such a distance. It takes a little longer to do.

Allen Staggers

We're not devastated. It's definitely at lot tougher, but as long as you have a mathematical chance, anything can happen. We can catch fire and that's what we need to do.

Jimmy Rollins

If there are more than five athletes, then the standard is adjusted to make it tougher.

Jeff Guy

We wanted to make the shots tougher for Grant. She's not Ms. Ohio for nothing.

Scott Bardall

As far as being in his doghouse, I don't know if I was there, but I know summer workouts were just a little bit tougher, it seemed like to me, than for anybody else. But it didn't bother me. It only makes you better.

Tony Ugoh

We've moved up a class, it's going to be tougher. I'm confident we'll keep improving, but the players have to go through it on their and experience it for themselves.

Tommy Bond

I'm expecting a tougher, much rugged Game 2 but the key in the series is rebounding.

Ryan Gregorio

Everything has been going well. It's up to the staff. If everyone is throwing the ball well, that's good for us, and it just makes a tougher decision for (the Marlins).

Sergio Mitre

We're trying to upgrade and play tougher teams. But you never know how tough they're going to be. We want to play the toughest people we can for our fans.

Donnie Jones

I think it's fantastic that the world's greatest marathon runner, the world record holder, has finally got a championship gold medal. No one deserves it more than she does. No one is tougher or harder than Paula and she fully deserves that gold medal. It's been a long time coming but well worth waiting for.

David Moorcroft

With the spring introduction of key new vehicles into the marketplace, our dealers are well equipped with a strong product lineup to help sustain our performance in tougher market conditions.

Bill Lovejoy

That is just they way Scott is. He is mentally tough and when things don't go as planned he just gets tougher. That is his M. O.

Paul Kujak

I said to the team, 'boys, we've got to be men and I thought we were tonight. I'm happy with their performance, but disappointed that we lost. Honestly, that's our best 80-minute performance. We won't see a tougher team than Maize.

Jim Post

The market environment was tougher than we expected. The console transition came on sooner and harder than we expected.

Michael Griffith

I truly have never, ever had a tougher kid. His toughness is, for me, legendary.

Bob Henriquez

It's tough to go in there against those guys. We've got to double-team, so that makes it tougher because that's where they got a lot of second chance shots off the offensive rebounds.

Boris Diaw

He makes our team much tougher to play against and he knows what it takes to win.

Darryl Sutter

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

Bette Davis

He's a great shooter and he's been getting better through the year. He's been getting beat up by (Austin Haws) and Josh Jones every day in practice and I think that's been making him a lot tougher.

Doug Meacham

You try to get those runs early in the game. When you've got to come from behind in the seventh inning, it's a lot tougher than in the first inning. I really was excited that they performed under pressure. There was a lot of pressure there in the seventh inning.

Terry Couch

Playing on the road has made us tougher. Our intensity has to be there. It made us a lot tougher. We can't expect nothing. We've got to earn it. Nothing is given to us.

Chase Simon

He is very pleasant and congenial, but he's tougher than he appears in public. If he had to move someone aside or get rid of someone, he'd do it, even if there were sentimental obstacles and personal relationships. He tends to do what's best for the corporation.

Matthew Cordaro

It's the will of politicians trying to get re-elected, ... We are continuously trying to get ourselves reelected, trying to be tougher than the next guy, and at some point it has got to end. And this commute is where it is.

Jon Bruning

The longer I'm in office, the tougher it is for anyone to make a competitive race.

Jim Matheson

She has been a pretty strong presence at the company for a long time, and was obviously a big driver in the launch of Weekend Edition. The fact that she's leaving by mutual agreement indicates that the board is becoming more active, and is willing to make tougher decisions.

Doug Arthur

I think they just stepped up their defense and we didn't match it. I think we have to be tougher. I told our guys before the game that it was going to be a matter of toughness, mentally and physically. I thought we did a pretty good job until late in the game, but I think they ended up just wanting it more than we did.

Joe David

We should be applying that in a much tougher sense of holding accountable what the fiduciary trusts for these campaigns are. And if they are being used to contravene what is a fundamental Canadian policy, then the question for using charities for that should be questioned.

Lloyd Axworthy

We had a tougher schedule. We challenged all those teams and that does play a difference. ... Those teams prepare you.

Dale Robinson

We went from 9,600 to 450, and that was the first big step, and then we went another round from 450 to 150. Then it becomes tougher and tougher because they're all so good, and I feel sorry for this guy and sorry for that guy [Lego didn't choose].

Soren Lund

The second and fourth quarters were our best quarters. We have to get out tougher and not let them pull away at the end.

Russ Taylor

We pride ourselves on stopping the ball. They've got a lot of pride in running the ball. They'll run the ball on third-and-7. It doesn't matter how many guys you've got in the box, they're going to try you. Their whole thing is 'We're tougher than you.' It's going to be one of those games we've got to bring our hard hat.

Travis Williams

They know exactly what to do with us. I think going to another university, it might have been a little tougher.

David Nixon

Lauren brings a ton of experience to the field. She seems to be mentally tougher than she was last year. It was her first season carrying the workload last year, and she's ready to resume that roll once again.

Krystle Petty

I thing they're really rolling well right now. They've been putting in a lot of hard work and it shows. I'm very happy. We moved from 16th place to eighth place (in Berks). Here we had a tougher division than we had last year, and we wound up with the same record at 3-2.

Matt Palmer

It's tough to sit out during the regular season but it's a lot tougher when the playoffs are going on. It's not frustration for thinking you should be out there, but frustration that you want to be part of it. We have veterans that are doing the job and you have to be positive and keep the guys going.

Jimmy Roy

I certainly think the tougher schedule is paying off. These kids have played in some really difficult situations, so it makes it a bit easier in league.

Jesus Ramirez

Brandon gave up four goals, but I'm proud of the way he played. It makes it tougher when you get the nod (because of an injury to Bryce Szymanski) on short notice to start your first playoff game. But he did a heck of a job all year for us.

Pete Sauer

We are starting a detailed review of all the businesses that have been losers with a much tougher eye than we have before.

Andy Bryant

Early in the season, we were always getting those big hits whenever we needed them, but now they've been a little tougher to come by. I feel real confident it's going to happen. We're going to put it together in our last few conference series.

Randy Pitts

Each step gets tougher. It's harder mentally and physically. You have to be ready to go.

Lee Fisher

You could argue this job has been tougher than Louisville. At Louisville, at least you had players, fans and a practice facility. Here Coach started with nothing. Nothing.

Christ Vagotis

That's got to be our target. The big challenge is top six. There are a number of big names who weren't in it last year who have spent an awful lot of money and recruited very well to get themselves back to the standard that we set last year. I know it's an old cliche but it will be far tougher in 2006 than it was in 2005.

Paul Cullen

Life can be tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid. You think you got problems? Get in my private jet and we'll go to Somalia or Rwanda. I'll drop you off in the middle of Baghdad.

Dave Pelzer

When we started the upgrade project planning in 2004, the cost estimate was around $2 million. Since then, the total project costs have increased to $3 million in order for us to meet the state's requirements. It just keeps getting tougher and more costly to meet all the regulations.

Peter W. Gutsie

It won't help if I have to drop my main leader. That will make it tougher.

Paul Gebhardt

It would make Oakdale's season to beat us and knock us out of first place. I believe they're feeling like they can do that. We've been noticing their scores and they're playing people a lot tougher. We're going to get their absolute best.

Gerald Walsh

It's getting tougher and tougher.

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Today's trickle-down effects of dot-com and corporate shenanigans are tougher to explain and overcome, and therefore tougher to laugh about. If not for Jim Carrey's rubbery presence, the updated Fun with Dick and Jane wouldn't be funny at all.

Steve Persall

We can arrest the victim, but we also hate to re-victimize the victim. There is no easy answer to that. Regardless of what happens, we will do whatever we can. The job has been tougher after Crawford, but we will prosecute these cases.

Victoria Adams

We're just hitting the ball real well. It's nice to be able to sit back and enjoy this. But we know it's going to get tougher.

Ricky Giles

The snap count, it's an advantage. When you go to the silent count, you lose that advantage. It's a good little amount of time. You've got to look at the ball, and it costs you split-seconds. It's even tougher for the tackles, because they're lined up way out there.

Jason Whittle

I was like, 'I can't believed I missed that.' It was a one-in-a-million that I'd miss that. That goal could have taken us to OT. I wanted to win this one. I'm so bummed out right now. This one was tougher than our last lost to them. We had our chances, and that's what kills me. We had more chances.

Alex Guerrero

All three of those countries offer tougher competition than Denmark. I'd love to play at the next level. My agent is already working on a few things so hopefully it will work out. So far playing overseas has been a very good experience. The people in Denmark are very friendly. It's been a lot of fun.

Adrienne Norris

We were the last ones off the course and it got a little windy toward the end. I think it played a little tougher at that point in time.

Randy Lein

We beat them relatively easy last year, but they will be a tougher test next week at home. If we play well and smart, we can win.

Rocky Jarvis

It seems like region gets tougher every year because of the pressure. The kids step up and take a lot of pride in this. James is the one that shot lights out.

Billy Peek

It makes it tougher playing at a Single-A or Double-A school because the perception coaches have of it, ... You have to keep your faith and know you can play at this level. From the experience I've had, coaches should look past that.

Bruce Gradkowski

It was tougher to find a job out of school initially in my day. It's very much an employee's market today. Companies our size are fairly expensive, so we've gone with some alternative methods of recruiting new staff members.

Nancy Geary

It just seemed like everybody got deflated when they kept hitting shots, ... We have to be tougher than that. We can't let a team hit a couple of tough shots and then say: 'Oh well, we can't stop them.' That's what we can take from this game. Mental toughness. We can't let ourselves get deflated like that.

Charlotte Smith

Now we know the schedule's getting tougher.

John Brantley

We knew Penn was ranked higher than us, so we knew we were going to have tough matches, but I feel like we could have won it if we were tougher in the close situations.

Katie Granson

It's pretty stressful. I think last year we were even in a tighter spot. It was even tougher back then, ... Unfortunately your team is rated now on whether you make the Chase ... and everything you do all season long, no matter how good or bad you were, people are going to look back and see if you made that Chase.

Ray Evernham

So you realize that our division just got that much tougher with the upgrades that all these teams made. They've turned themselves into some great hockey clubs.

Kris Draper

It's a tough race. It's probably tougher than I thought it would come up.

Terry Thompson

Ulster will be a much tougher side than Connacht so we will be looking for big improvements.

David Young

It was a little tougher than maybe it should've been. They made a couple of plays. Give them credit.

Garrick Phillips

That was a big blow. He was just kind of in the wrong spot at the wrong time tonight. He ignites much of what we do and to have him sitting on the bench made it tougher for us.

Chris Roche

I've never experienced a tougher season opener at the boys level - never. It was a tough baptism for me.

Vladi Stanojevic

Maybe the team is getting mentally tougher. We've been good at protecting our home turf.

Howie Dickenman

A lot of times mistakes are what help you become a better player because you become mentally tougher in that situation when you face it again.

Mickey Andrews

We started passing well. We played defense a little better, we started getting blocks outside and we were serving a little tougher ourselves.

Travis Wright

We're concerned that McDonald's may not be able to sustain these levels of comparable sales gains over the next 8 to 9 months. We expect sales growth going forward to be in the mid single-digits of between 4 to 6 percent as the company enters a period of tougher comparisons from a year ago.

Dean Haskell

It's still in our hands. It's just going to be a little tougher.

Cliff Lee

The bottom line is that we need to get tougher. It was an important game for Indiana. It should have been important for us, too. I don't know if we're at that point yet to overcome things.

Shannon Bolden

We didn't come in with the mind-set that we were going to blow them out, we came in thinking it was going to be a tougher game. We had to be tougher, and I think we established that.

Kelly Whitney

It's a tough one to get ahead of the curve on. Because it seems like we have so many people generally across the community that are ill, that's what makes this tougher and more complex.

Dr. Doug Moore

We are giving up somewhere about 35 points a game. Even against some of our tougher opponents, we have been able to hold most of them to about 40 points.

Kerri Brown

Mentally, I just told myself that I have to get tougher because she's just going to fight harder as the match goes on.

Jarret Fisher

Alan Greenspan tends to give a tougher talk in a speech when he is not going to raise rates than he does when he is going to raise rates. He either barks or he bites, and I think he is barking.

Wayne Angell

Our wrestler of the week is Jeff Sand because of his efforts to make our team tougher by making a lower weight class and coming out strong after doing so.

Chad Vollmecke

This year I felt like they had a better team than us. This was a tougher team to play than the ones in my sophomore and junior years.

Greg Nero

Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. We have to get tougher and go learn how to win.

Lance Manning

Two gap is not an easy thing and it's not a sexy thing either. But for the hard-nosed guy, it's perfect. For the tougher defensive linemen, this is the defense they want to play in and that's why we've recruited guys like Chris Long.

Brennan Schmidt

We played them a lot tougher than we did the last time, I'm really happy with our effort.

Nick Haynes

As long as we're winning, it doesn't matter. It's great to see different people step up on any given night. And it makes us hard to prepare for because you don't know who to focus on. A lot of our numbers are down, minutes-wise, but it makes us that much tougher knowing that we have so many people that can contribute.

Shannon Schonrock

They look at his senior year, but he lost so much talent. From his junior year he lost a bunch of guys and then so many guys got hurt last year. It was a lot tougher for him.

Jason Carter

We're dealing with 15 regulatory agencies as it is, so anything that makes it more stringent or tougher to mine is going to be bad news for the coal industry.

Don Gibson

Last season we took most people by surprise, ourselves included, ... and we were rightly very proud to come out on top. But this has definitely been a much tougher campaign because our opponents knew how potent we could be. We have concentrated on consistency rather than entertainment and we have amassed a group of players of varying ages who work well together.

Colin Mitchell

We've been lucky since I've been here. Almost every rookie we've drafted has made the team, but it's going to definitely be tougher this year.

Bob Dyce

He's going to be tough. He always is. He's been pitching in the conference as long as I have. He can be overpowering at times. I know right now the game is going to be close. I look at it as one of the tougher games I'm going to have throughout the season.

Kyle Jones

You play to win, so being put back in the Center Grove sectional makes it tougher.

Rod Hervey

The success of the Rolex Series has made the competition tougher than it's ever been.

Kevin Doran

We do not respond well to adversity right now. Hopefully we can get better about that; get a little bit tougher mentally. From a basketball standpoint, we just have to take better shots and hit them.

Kermit Davis

This weekend was 10 times tougher than last year.

Bobby Escalante

It's tough. A lot tougher than last year. That puts some more pressure on you. You've just got to try and put it out of your mind.

Kyle Gilchrist

I am very proud of the girls. They were tougher to match up offensively because of the height inside.

Alison Davis

It was a lot different over there. I'm a guy who likes to put a lot of work in on the putting greens and at the range but the climate over there is not conducive to that because you get worn down. It's so hot and so humid in places. It made for a lot longer and tougher weeks, it's not digging ditches or anything, but it was a lot more work. The grasses were different, the greens were different . .

Darren Griff

The West just got tougher. This is a product of free agency. We're big boys. We understand that.

Donnie Nelson

We had a pretty good effort, ... We were hoping to take second. Dexter is really tough. We were thinking we could compete with Fenton, but they were tougher than we thought.

Jon Davidson

It's a tough program to begin with, but that is where the value comes from. This will make the relationship tougher to manage.

Brad Butler

It's a hard deal to get into, and it takes a lot of money and sponsorship and things like that. It's a lot different from what it used to be, probably a lot tougher today to get into the sport than it was 10 or 15 years ago. He's got to work hard at it and try to be successful at what he's doing before he moves up to the next step. Take it one step at a time.

Terry Labonte

We kind of thought it was going to be a lot tougher. We came in running the same thing we ran in the second half [last year]. We knew where they were going the whole game.

Omar Nazel

Overall, we are a balanced team. But when you have the height that San Joaquin Memorial has, taking the little bit of an inside game that you have, it makes it a little bit tougher to do the things you want to do.

Mark Bray

They should be tougher, because I mean it's just common sense. If you're going to do it, don't get caught, or at least be a little smarter about it.

Jason Lewis

We didn't pitch good enough, which has been a theme this year, unfortunately. I'm not trying to bury those kids, because they're good kids, but we just gotta get tougher and find a way to win.

Chris Finwood

I think I've learned over the last couple of years a little bit better which way to prepare. I think my pitch recognition has gotten better -- I get in better counts, I think -- and naturally being back in Triple-A the last couple years, I got pitched a lot tougher than I ever did in the major leagues. I was in the middle-of-the-lineup guy, and I've learned a little bit from it.

Brian Daubach

His shot is hard enough when you can see it. So when it comes across on a one-timer like that, with a screen in front, that's even tougher.

Alex Auld

I feel like we have a good schedule. It's a tough schedule, maybe one of the toughest in the country, but that's what we wanted. We are working to set a standard for our players and you do that by playing the best teams out there. It also helps the conference out. The tougher our schedule, the better we will look in the RPI and that helps the Atlantic Sun.

Dusty Rhodes

The ones that are not on yet are probably the ones that are going to require more time and attention. Now we are really getting into the tougher part of the job. I don't think that people really understand the magnitude of the damage that's been done.

Bob Slaughter

I think I definitely have to improve my 3-point shot and my defense. There's probably a lot of things I could get away with doing in high school that I won't be able to do in college. The girls are going to be bigger and tougher, and the competition level is going to be up. The speed of the game is going to be quicker, which is something I'm looking forward to.

Brittany Leonard

Pasquotank is a quality tennis team. If they don't win the conference, they're certainly deserving of a wild card into the state playoffs. I was very pleased with our play. We played them a lot tougher than we did at home last month, especially in doubles.

Vic Ramsey

They were a physical, aggressive team. That is their game. We have to be tougher with the basketball.

Dave Hall

He's up there in appearances in the league and he may have had more tougher type saves than other guys out there, more than one inning saves.

John Gibbons

The competition is tougher. We recognize that consumers spend the most in the store you go to first, and we want to be the first store.

Peggy Palter

I thought it was going to be a little tougher than it turned out to be. We told the kids this wasn't going to be a cakewalk.

Anita Leveke

I did everything but get down on my knees, ... I know I was at boiling point. It wasn't just about Mario. It was about so many young people ? and the laws becoming tougher and more mean-spirited.

Janet Harris

We've been saying all week they've got a great defense. If we're going to face a tougher one, we might not want to face them. Their front four was awesome. It's the best front I've played against in college.

Brodie Croyle

We remain concerned that continued declines in PC pricing will continue to make PC revenue growth harder for Dell, ... We are lowering our PC growth estimates... We also expect Dell to face tougher competition in the enterprise hardware and services segments.

Bill Fearnley

When the team is getting better, it's tougher for a guy to make a team. And it's tougher for us coaches to make decisions. In the past, it was easy. You were just hoping to have enough guys good enough.

Bill Castro

I can't say we're tougher, but we're fortunate to be playing with a lead down the stretch. You make a mistake, you're still up four or six. If you're down, you put more pressure on yourself.

Kevin Diverio

It fired up our will when we heard things like the more the series went on, the tougher it would go for us. Those were just motivation points for us.

Daniel Briere

We are starting to see the bite from some of the risks that have been lurking in the background, like oil. I think it's going to continue to be tougher for this market to do anything positive.

Hans Olsen

We should be more used to the play. Last year, the younger kids got beat up. But this year, we should be tougher.

Brian Graham

We will appeal to a higher court for a tougher conviction, at least for a life sentence. Not only because he was a cop, but also because of the brazen way he behaved after the rape.

Ujjwal Nikam

Jamie is all about defense. I think Maggie is starting to develop that same feeling because you can see her team play tougher, hard-nosed defense every game.

Jim Dixon

Once this resolution is passed, a tougher stage will begin and we will see what effect the board of governors' calls on Iran will have.

Melissa Fleming

It's almost overwhelming. People have a tougher time making decisions with too much on the market.

Pat Vredevoogd

You go two years without signing a running back and now you've got yourself in a tougher spot. Hopefully, we'll be able to attract one, but we don't want to just sign a guy. That's the thing that we want to avoid, just taking a guy to take one and then you start getting overloaded at a position.

Rodney Garner

Our goal is to come back here. We just have to work as hard and we can because we know that it's going to be a lot tougher because we're going to have people on our team that have never really gone through this.

Chris Wettstein

Slovenia can play well against the Balkan teams, but it will be tougher against the Netherlands.

Brane Oblak

I think it's a little tougher (than most college courses), but I like this course.

Jana Rehemaa

We've been able to get a lot of guys in. We know that we're going to see tougher tests down the road and we're just dedicating ourselves to keep working hard and try to stay physically ready.

Mike Alley

I will be monitoring the situation closely and, if I am not satisfied that sufficient progress is being made, I will take tougher action.

Charlie Mccreevy

As the U.S. trade deficit becomes more and more of a concern, the currency issue and intellectual property are both tougher issues to crack than textiles.

Greg Mastel

They all bowled pretty well the first day. Conditions got a lot tougher the second day, and our bowlers adjusted.

Joe Bolte

I thought last year's probably was tougher, but we couldn't get some of those teams this year. Our phone hasn't been ringing off the hook.

Larry Watkins

In our conference, no one has taken a step back. There's going to be a lot more parity and I think our conference tournament is going to be tougher than it has ever been.

Jill Malko

I wouldn't believed it. I don't know of a tougher eight-day stretch, and our guys clearly met the challenge each time out.

John Danowski

We've stressed to everybody that the season gets really tough after tonight. I just can't imagine anybody playing an eight-game stretch any tougher than what we've got coming up.

Steve Bergman

Times have changed. Trying to compete as a small attraction in the Southern California area has become tougher and tougher.

Rodney Fong

The pin placements were very hard, ... The greens were actually a little softer today, but the pins and the wind made them tougher. I knew there weren't going to be any 65s today.

Gary Christian

We were looking for what might work against these folks and what we need to do to get better. And Chiloquin was very good about pointing out what we needed to work on: get tougher on defense and do more on the boards.

Loren King

I believe this region ended up tougher than a lot of people thought it would. Going into the playoffs, I think we can surprise some people as a region.

Chan Brown

I'm very happy with the way a lot of the younger kids have stepped up to this point. Nick Carey, Brendan O'Brien, Ryan Shields, Ryan Schmid, Rob Mills ? quite a lot of kids who were waiting in the wings have gotten stronger. We're asking them for a lot more swims this year. So far, they've responded. We know a lot of our tougher meets are ahead of us.

Dean Mason

Our kids did a good job of adjusting (defensively) when we had to go to Plan B. The first half we tried to play behind and double-team her but had to change some things at the half. We went back to what we normally do and that's pressuring the ball. She had a tougher time in the second half scoring. In the first half it was so easy.

Preston Early

I'm guessing we will try to match as best we can. It will be tougher. The coach is confident in whoever he puts out there.

Ryan Parent

It made it hard to practice sometimes. We helped out and did everything we could. It made us a tougher team. Going through that time made all of our hearts bigger.

Kerwin Forges

But I think it would be tougher for Walken than it was for Reagan. His weird roles might harm him.

Paul Levinson

I think we will (have a tougher new policy). I don't think it will take an extended period of time.

Don Fehr

We are right back where we were last year. I think it's great for the city and our area. But this will be tougher this year.

Steve Holloway

The past two games have been a huge confidence boost. After we lost two games on the road, we had a sense of urgency because we knew the conference is going to get tougher and tougher as we go.

Tiffany Jackson

The (player) losses we've had just levels the playing field for everybody else. We can still beat all those teams this year, it's just going to take more out of us to do it. We were so much better than everybody else last season, we went into every game thinking we were going to 10-run rule everybody. Now those teams are going to be a little bit tougher to beat.

Ricki Rothbauer

We were pretty solid all the way through. I'm pleased with where we are in terms of our difficulty. We just have to get a little cleaner and a little tougher. I felt like we were right there ... on floor and beam, we were pretty close on bars and fairly close on vault. The teams that beat us just performed a little better.

Lorie Cook

Now that we've started winning games and seeing that we actually can contend for championships, we've been pushing ourselves a lot harder in practices and getting a lot tougher.

Lindsey Miller

Sheep farmers are facing tougher times after five years of good lamb prices, while wool prices are at 30-year lows.

Doug Crombie