| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 32436 |
| QUOTATION: | When the going gets tough, the tough get going. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Joseph P. (Patrick) Kennedy (18881969), U.S. tycoon, diplomat. Quoted in Honey Fitz, p. 291, J.H. Cutler (1962).
The saying has also been ascribed to football coach Knute Rockne (1888-1931). |
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