John McEnroe

I just remember watching Federer the first year he won Wimbledon. He was struggling with his back problem. I remember it vividly. It looked like there was a chance he was not going to finish. He had that look in his eye. Then, somehow, he found the wherewithal to dig a little deeper, and suddenly he wins the thing, and he's a different player.

American Tennis Player

Sarah Lacy

You know what works in venture capital? A group of incredibly smart, connected people who have the financial wherewithal and risk appetite to make multi-million dollar bets on unproven ideas and inexperienced founders. People who can make decisions quickly, and who spend their time trying to help entrepreneurs make the most of that cash.

American Journalist

Eavan Boland

I didn't know how to weigh ideas about poetry. Nothing in the life I lived as a student - and later as wife and mother at the suburban edge of Dublin - suggested I had the wherewithal to do so. But I did have a unit of measurement. It was the measure of my own life.

Irish Poet

Johan Rockstrom

The number of children in the world is not growing, and so we eventually have a chance to stabilize the population at around 10 billion. We have the technology and wherewithal to feed and provide energy for this many people.

Environmentalist

Michael McCaul

I don't think Mr. Snowden woke up one day and had the wherewithal to do this all by himself. I think he was helped by others.

American Politician

Nipsey Russell

There's no money in television, but TV provides the wherewithal to get the dollars for live performances.

American Comedian

Eugene Levy

I don't believe I've ever played a hip dude. I don't think I would have the wherewithal to do that.

Canadian Actor

Twyla Tharp

I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.

American Dancer

Yvonne Orji

To not have the wherewithal to give fully to a relationship bothered me.

Nigerian Actress

Ricardo Rossello

Puerto Rico still has the wherewithal to be a tourist destination.

Puerto Rican Politician

Wherewithal can refer to non-financial resources crucial for achieving goals or completing tasks.

Beyond Money

The word often implies having the overall capability to accomplish something, not just isolated resources.

Capability Emphasis

Wherewithal's meaning often depends on the context, such as the type of resource or ability being referenced.

Context Matters

In some contexts, wherewithal is used strictly to talk about financial means or money available.

Financial Specificity

Wherewithal might be used when discussing what's necessary to pursue a goal, emphasizing the importance of resources or funding.

Pursuit of Goals

Discussing a lack of wherewithal highlights insufficiency and can imply a barrier to success.

Shortage Implications

 looking for header material, or the board that goes over a door, thinking he'd impress his boss -- that's how we taught him to do it. The superintendent walked up and said, "What are you doing?" "Oh, just looking for header material," waiting for that kudos. He said, "I'm not paying you to go through the trash. Get back to work." And Jim had the wherewithal to say,

Dan Phillips: Creative...

 a scenario or a scene is very important you know and that sort of launches you want a certain trajectory and pedigree and I just took whatever job came along and then I started to look back at a certain point where with this aren't the kind of movies I want to be doing but I didn't have the wherewithal and/or the

On the Road With Andrew...

 he didn't press his boss that's how I taught him to do it and the superintendent said what are you doing all just looking for some header material waiting for that that Kudo said no no I'm not paying you to go through the trash get back to work and he had the wherewithal to say he

Creative houses from...

 But he didn't have the wherewithal to go all over the country looking for the best talent, and it turned out he didn't have to. It turned out that there he was, surrounded by children of the Great Migration whose parents had brought this music up with them during the journey.

The Great Migration and...

 malfunction or some conservation organizations like the pew environment group the problem with sharks is endemic of a larger problem we now have the technology and the wherewithal to find and catch fish virtually anywhere in the world's marine environment so the sheer

Shark Warnings PIPE...

 of a larger problem we now have the technology and the wherewithal to find and catch fish virtually anywhere in the world's marine environment so the sheer amount of life that we're extracting from the world's oceans every year is emptying them of life

Shark Alert!  Species...

 enormous numbers there are tens of thousands of bats flying through here and they're traveling so quickly but this snake in total pitch darkness still has the wherewithal the speed to strike out and catch these bats in flight it's

Bat-eating Snakes of...

 Most definitely you don't want to pay the bribe. But you also don't have the time, resources, expertise or wherewithal to fight this. Unfortunately, many of us in this room are supporters of capitalist policies and market forces.

Shaffi Mather: A new way...

 is going to be millennials. I think they are going to help solve problems. I think they have the wherewithal to do it. I know they care a lot. They have big ideas and they can make big things happen.

This tennis icon paved...

 Yet there are people who are finding the strength and wherewithal to travel, to move, to eke out a better living for themselves and to provide for their families and their loved ones.