Gail Tsukiyama Quotes

I have been fascinated with survival and having to go on no matter what. That always appealed to me.

You have to be tough and stick it out, or you wind up being nothing.

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?

Every day, across our state, we see grit and resilience.

That loss was to breed an independence, a toughness of spirit, and an awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me,.

Hard days are the best because that's when champions are made.

I've taken many knocks over the years but it has only made me stronger and more determined to succeed.

Endure what is difficult to endure and to suffer what is difficult to suffer.

A true champion is not judged by how much he or she is admired, but by how well they can stand at the face of adversity.

My father left me with a saying that I've carried my entire life and tried to pass on to our kids: 'Tough times don't last, tough people do,'

I have the strength to endure it all.

I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

If you can't take it, you won't make it.

My natural abilities weren't necessarily brute power and strength. They were more about the ability to endure and not give up.

The way that I've been raised and the things I've had to do has given me grit that is unmatchable unless you were beside me.

I've had to be tough my whole life.

I don't quit and can't be broken. I have been through every up and down you can imagine in the world of sports-entertainment and I am still here running strong.

It's courage, not luck, that takes us through to the end of the road.

We didn't get where we are thanks to the sissy notion of resilience.

To be honest...here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude...

It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.

There is something glamorous to me in taking a bit of a beating and keeping on going.

Some think guts is sprinting at the end of a race. But guts is what got you there to begin with. Guts start back in the hills with 6 miles to go and you're thinking of how you can get out of this race without anyone noticing. Guts begin when you still have forty minutes of torture left and you're already hurting more than you ever remember.