Besides the seemingly daunting subject matter, there's the difficulty of form to deal with.
The daunting subject matter and the potential for controversy kept the idea of a movie about Ali kicking back and forth for more than a decade, with everyone from Oliver Stone to Steven Spielberg said to be involved and various writers trying their hands at a script.
And no matter how daunting the odds, no matter how much people try to knock her down, she never, ever quits.
He robustly vouched for Clinton's readiness to finish the job he started, saying "no matter how daunting the odds, no matter how much people try to knock her down, she never, ever quits".
Giving evidence about very personal matters is daunting, and most of us did it because we believed in the possibility of change.
"No matter how daunting the odds," President Barack Obama said in his convention speech, "no matter how much people try to knock her down, she never, ever quits".
But she is determined to improve, no matter how daunting the task may be.
But the vast majority have stayed with the conventional approach and the putter, no matter how daunting.
No matter how daunting the problem, you contrived a solution," reads Bacevich's letter.
Not only can this potentially improve the work of other organizations, it instills hope that no matter how daunting a challenge, change is possible.
