They seemed to be running against the tide of professionalism.

It may have been their last stand against the tide.

He had to go against the tide all the time.

At times, however, he has been one man fighting against the tide.

I started fighting against the tide, to go down when everybody else was coming up and over.

Here's a man who has been also swimming against the tide, it seems to me, a little bit.

How are these teams swimming against the tide with such success?

And someone had time to put up a fight against the tide.

"At one point, we were coming against the tide and the sun was going down, so I started to lower the engine," he said.

Having the guts to go against the tide and get rich.