“I played on teams with 24 guys pulling the rope one way and one guy pulling the other. I've seen how destructive it can be. I tell them, 'If 13 of you are insanely successful and one fails, we all lose.'” IfsWayGuyLosesSuccessfulFailingTeamOne WayDestructivePullingRope Author:Curt Schilling
“What is a champion but a guy that didn't quit?... Life is a continuous experience. You only fail by not learning.” Life IsGuyFailingQuittingChampionMma Author:Renzo Gracie
“Many individuals spend a considerable portion of their lifetimes in terror of one imagined catastrophe or another. The classic is that your immortal soul will be consigned to eternal torment in the never-ending subterranean barbecue if you fail to follow the whacky edicts of one particular set of puckered dogwhistles or another. You may recall from the great movie Strange Days that a "dogwhistle" is a guy whose asshole is so tight that when he farts, only dogs can hear him.” IfsMaySoulGuyIndividualFailingDogParticularStrangeEternalLifetimeTerrorClassicImmortalPortionsRecallsCatastropheTormentNever EndingFartBarbecueImmortal SoulStrange Days Author:L. Neil Smith
“It's easy for me to work with other girls because I'm a tomboy and I don't want the guy, your boyfriend - I'm not interested in looking better than you, so don't worry. Fail or win, whatever it is, I need to go do stuff.” WantNeedsGuyGirlWinningEasyStuffWorryFailingNot InterestedBetter Than YouOther GirlYour Boyfriend Author:Michelle Rodriguez
“I have no-fail chemistry. A guy turns me on, he's the wrong one for me.” GuyTurnsFailingDatingChemistryTurn MeOne For Me Book:Snapshot Source: Snapshot
“Directing is such alchemy, it's so easy to fail. And I've seen people who are great at their jobs because everybody has a go. Editors, DPs, actors, craft services guy, everybody wants to try it out but it is such a diffuse but necessary set of skills that you never know which one this person might lack.” PeopleKnowsWantTryingPersonsMightJobsGuyActorsEasyFailingSkillsCraftsEditorsAlchemy Author:Joss Whedon
“Collaboration is risky. If it fails, if the occupation is wound up prematurely and the bad guys come back to power, you might find yourself in some serious trouble.” IfsMightGuyFailingTroubleSeriousWoundsFinding YourselfOccupationCollaborationBad Guys Author:Niall Ferguson
“Call yourself "Colonel" and declare that your fortune was left to you by Dutch burghers from the seventeenth century. Now you're a solid citizen, the embodiment of hard work and rugged individualism. You're no criminal. The criminal is the guy who comes up short, who gets caught, who fails to adopt a respectable cover.” HardGuyLeftFailingCenturyHard WorkCitizensFortuneCaughtCome UpCriminalsIndividualismRespectableDutchEmbodimentRuggedColonelsRugged Individualism Author:Luc Sante
“I know there's a lot of guys who would love to see me fail. Well, good. Let 'em. I'm glad.” KnowsWellsGuyFailingGladEms Author:John Daly
“I'm the type of guy who fails and fails and fails, and then, as if failure has become sick of him, succeeds.” IfsGuyFailingTypeSucceedSickType Of Guy Author:Bruce Jenner
“So guys who are otherwise sensitive and thoughtful say and do ridiculously dumb things to impress other guys. It's an enormous performance, but guys know that if they fail, they'll be ridiculed as sissies mercilessly.” IfsKnowsGuyFailingPerformancesEnormousDumbSensitiveThoughtfulImpressOther GuysSissyDumb Things Author:Michael Kimmel
“Before I began The Cider House Rules, I thought I wanted to write about a father-son relationship that was closer, more conflicted, and ultimately more loving, than most. Then I began to think of a relationship between an old orphanage director and an unadoptable orphan - a kid who goes out into the world and fails and keeps coming back, so that the old guy ends up with someone he's got to keep.” ThinkingWorldWritingEndsKidsWantedGuyFatherHouseFailingSonDirectorsComing BackOrphanFather SonOrphanageOld GuysCiderFather Son RelationshipHouse Rules Author:John Irving