My goal was to do the best job I could in governing the state of Wisconsin, in some cases making very tough decisions to have to bring our spending in line with the resources we had at the state level.

You can make tough decisions that I believe voters for years have asked us to do.

Commanders-in-chief make really tough decisions.

One of the things I learned at the Naval Academy and the Marine Corps is we have to make tough decisions.

Nobody wants to get into controversies, especially in the film industry. I do not wish to be a controversial girl. But sometimes you have to take tough decisions that might eventually help your career.

You win by working hard, making tough decisions and building coalitions.

If we make the tough decisions now, we will be one year ahead of 80 percent of the states in the race to economic growth. If we fail to act, we will fall even further behind... by going first, we can become first.

It's part of, I guess, one of the harder parts about coaching is you have to make some tough decisions.

As our leaders in Washington confront tough decisions about our budget priorities, I urge them to continue federal funding for public broadcasting.

Being hip, being popular, being cool, that's really easy. Until you have to make tough decisions. And when you have to make tough decisions, that veneer of coolness comes off real quick.