“Guts are a combination of confidence, courage, conviction, strength of character, stick-to-itiveness, pugnaciousness, backbone, and intestinal fortitude. They are mandatory for anyone who wants to get to and stay at the top.”
D. A. Benton
“He's got some intestinal fortitude, which I don't know if I've ever seen before. Almost as if he has the mentality of a boxer or a football player.”
Dave Leitao
“He's got a level of intestinal fortitude that I don't know that I've ever seen before. A light went off in him that [he] had to take control of this game, and that's what he did.”
“I'll put this team up against any in the state. They play on intestinal fortitude, heart and determination. This a pretty tough bunch.”
Curt Reed
“Still, I know of no higher fortitude than stubbornness in the face of overwhelming odds”
Louis Nizer
“CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was no more he was observed to be deeply moved. "What!" said one of his disciples, "you weep at the death of an enemy?" "Ah, 'tis true," replied the great Stoic; "but you should see me smile at the death of a friend."”
Ambrose Bierce
“We looked strong in the first half. We just didn't have the stamina or the fortitude to get stops when we needed them in the second half.”
Chuck Driesell