"When the going gets tough, the tough get going."
— Motivation

January 1, 1970

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First attestation: John Thomas (football coach); quoted September 15, 1953 in the Corpus Christi Times; as cited in "origin of 'when the going gets tough, the tough get(s) going'" Word Histories (02 January 2019)