What's important is that you stay true to yourself. Because when you enter the real world, the most valuable thing you can bring is all your you-ness. The world doesn't need any more hot chicks or tough guys or smooth talkers - the world needs more you. And don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
— Bo Burnham
Irresistibly Tough Guy quotations
For the choke, there are no "tough guys".
With an arm lock he can be tough and resist the pain. With the choke he just passes out, goes to sleep.
There are no tough guys in wrestling.
I don't mind being called tough, since I find in this racket it's the tough guys who lead the survivors.
A common misperception of me is... that I am a tough, rough northerner, which I suppose I am really. But I'm pretty mild-mannered most of the time. It's the parts that you play I guess. I don't mind it. I'm not a tough guy. I'd like to act as a fair, easy-going, kind man at some point.
Out here, due process is a bullet.
The big, strong, tough guy goes to class, and he keeps getting tapped by the skinny, technical guy. It begins to change him. It makes him humble. That's what Jiu Jitsu does to you. It makes you humble.
Never stop being YOU. I am out to be the best ME I can be. Do what you LOVE and you will be badass.
You couldn't pay me enough to be a law enforcement officer.
Their job is a tough job. You have to solve people's problems, you have to baby-sit people, you have to always be doing this cat-and-mouse game with the bad guys. My respect for them is immense.
People think SEALs are cold-blooded, heartless, wound-up, brainwashed killers.
They imagine you can just point a SEAL in a direction and say, 'Go kill.' The truth is you're talking about a bunch of kind-hearted, jovial guys. The only thing that separates them is mental toughness.
One night I went over to get some dope from some Hollywood tough guy.
After I left, my son Scott, who was only fifteen, went over with a baseball bat to kill him. I was laughing out of one eye and crying out of the other. I thought, Who am I kidding?
I'm not a tough guy. I'm just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you can't deal with it, too bad.
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.
You know, I'm the tough guy with taste, good friends, you know, describe me that I'm the tough guy, period, the way others do. But, you know, I'll tell you, I'm a complete wuss when it comes to my own kids.
In Russia, we had tough times. Only one puck, I always wanted the puck, so I learn how to keep it and make space and get puck when other guy has it.
For the choke, there are no 'tough guys'
One of the toughest guys in the world is Randy Couture - he is the true epitome of what a tough guy is.
Come with me if you want to live!
There have been a lotta tough guys. There have been pretenders. And there have been contenders. But there is only one king.
Boxer guys are very tough and they play a very tough game, but its a game.
Karate guys, tae kwon doe guys, kickboxers or judo guys, they are very tough guys and a lot of heart and a lot of training, but its very specifically as a sport. It's not a fight. A fight is everything goes.
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.
Mob guys had muscle, and where in hell do you think employers got the tough guys when they wanted to break a strike?
I'm not a tough guy or a good fighter at all.
[Boxing] is just a great way to work out that's not boring. It's also good for your mental health. If you have an Irish or Scottish last name you should definitely do it.
I think all jocks have a sensitive side.
It's just, will they show it to anybody? Will they let their guard down and stop being tough and the cool jock guy around their friends, or just relax? I don't know if it's best to say opening up, but just relax and really say what you're actually thinking, and not what you think people want to hear.
I'm actually a softie. Tough guys get killed too early... I've got a full head of hair and don't wear eyeglasses.
There are tough players and nice guys, and I'm a tough player
I'm used to being the big tough guy, the bodyguard type.
I'm good when I've got a bit of an edge, like the Clint Eastwood type of archetypal character. The tough guy that doesn't say a lot.
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.
My dad - who was a tough guy, a Green Beret - always looked nice and wore these bright Sansabelt pants. He always said, "You have two options: You can be a follower or you can be a leader. And you don't ever want to follow anybody." And that's kind of become my philosophy about everything.
It's easy to be a bad ass, it's easy to act like a bad ass, easy to act like a tough guy, it's easy to be a diva, and it's easy to be self absorbed. The list goes on and on but to me, I always just find it more important to be nice and kind.
I know what you're thinking 'Did he fire six shots or only five?
I started to take care of my body after I turned 50. I never liked how I looked physically because I was too cute, short, with coloring only on my cheeks, the perfect little nose, and then the blue eyes. But I would have preferred to have the look of a tough guy from the wrong side of town - one of those fascinatingly ugly looks.
I'm not a fighter. I'm not a tough guy at all. I walk away from fights.
The game was much like our season. This game tested our toughness, our resilience, our unselfishness. It's only fitting that it turned out this way. This is a great bunch of guys to play with. I feel very, very grateful.