"I am a sweet old softy, but it took toughness to get through what I went through".
Fixing a miserable campaign start, the historian Doris Kearns Goodwin said, takes toughness and the resilience to keep on going even when everyone seems to think you are roadkill.
Trust takes long cultivation, and harvesting an effective political alliance takes toughness and perseverance.
It will take toughness and subtlety to ensure they do not lock into a permanent confrontation — not more bluster from anyone.
It takes mental toughness, superior communication and interpersonal skills, and access to networking and mentoring to succeed in the typical male-dominated scientific and engineering environments.
Helping these kids avoid a fate like Waters, Webster, Long, etc. will take a change in culture - one stressing that it takes real toughness to admit that you just cannot play because of a non-visible injury.
It takes a mental toughness.
Ultimately, however, it takes trust and toughness on the part of the benefactor and the athletic department to weather tight times.
"It took mental toughness, going down, 2-0, but we knew we were outplaying them," said Richards, whose second-period goal made it 2-1.
