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«Some of these guys wear beards to make them look intimidating, but they don't look so tough when they have to deliver the ball. Their abilities and their attitudes don't back up their beards.»
Author: Don Drysdale
(Baseball Player)
| About:
Ability,
Attitude
| Keywords:
abilities, back up, beards, intimidating, tough guy
«Without discipline, no matter how good you are, you are nothing! One day, and I might not be around, you're going to meet a tough guy who takes your best shot. He'll keep coming because he's tough. Don't get discouraged. That's when the discipline comes in.»
«[On the Spurs] It was like they?ve been playing all season. They have a tough defense, they dig inside. They are just a tough defensive team. They?ve got some big guys inside and they do a good job, especially at home.»
Author: Pau Gasol
(Basketball Player)
| About:
Basketball
| Keywords:
defensive team, dig, inside job, spurs, tough guy
«You have this preconceived notion of him [Sly Stallone] as a big, tough guy, but he speaks four languages and he likes to watercolor.»
Author: Rachael Leigh Cook
(Actress)
| Keywords:
languages, on the sly, preconceived, preconceived notion, sly, tough guy, watercolor
«The difference between winning nineteen games and winning twenty for a pitcher is bigger than anyone out of baseball realizes. It's the same for hitters - someone who hits .300 looks back on the guy who batted .295 and says 'tough luck buddy.»
«I played a lot of tough clubs in my time. Once a guy in one of those clubs wanted to bet me $10 that I was dead. I was afraid to bet.»
«We make a lot of fun at President Clinton's expense. But this transition is going to be tough because it's been 25 years since this guy has gotten laid in the private sector.»
Author: David Letterman
(Comedian, Host)
| About:
Presidency
| Keywords:
Private sector, sector, the private sector, tough guy