“I ran the astronaut school for six years, and I was the commandant and when I finished in '65, 26 of my guys went into space as NASA astronauts that I trained.” YearsSchoolGuySpaceSixFinishedRanAstronautNasa Author:Chuck Yeager
“I remember being a teenager and having a boyfriend - this guy I thought I was way better than, and completely out of his league. He was a year younger than me. And he broke up with me. It was so shocking, and I couldn't believe it.” WayYearsBelieveRememberGuyBrokeTeenagerLeagueShockingThis GuyBroke UpBeing A Teenager Author:Jessica Chastain
“I'm probably the only guy in hockey who can win a scoring title and everybody is saying I had a bad year. I don't worry about it.” YearsGuyWinningWorryTitlesHockeyBad Years Author:Wayne Gretzky
“I think the big thing for Simple Plan is that we were able to keep the band members, the same five guys, the same lineup from the start. That's not easy. We grew up together. We're friends. We come from the same world. We've always had the same dreams and goals. I think we realized, as the years go by, how precious it is to have that, to build that, to see so many bands break up... it makes us realize how different we are to all that. We're really proud of that.” ThinkingWorldYearsDifferentDreamBigsAbleTogetherGuyEasyGoalRealizingSimpleBreakFivePlansGrewProudBandMembersGrew UpBig ThingsDreams And GoalsBand MembersSimple Plan Author:Chuck Comeau
“That happened when I was a freshman in high school. The guy reading it [the Bible] was dating my older sister. I thought he was the cutest thing that had ever happened in Nashville. He was nine years older than me and I thought, 'Mimi, I hate to do this to you, but I'm going to steal this guy away.' So I went to this Bible study thinking I was going to make this guy fall in love with me. I was fourteen. Hey, you know. But I was so overwhelmed by what they were talking about at this Bible study. I became a very serious, committed Christian.” ThinkingKnowsYearsSchoolChristianGuyHateFallReadingTalkingStudyHappenedSeriousHigh SchoolDatingI HateFalling In LoveCommittedNineStealingHeyOverwhelmedThis GuyBible StudyFourteenNine YearsNashvilleFreshmanHey YouOlder SisterMimiCutest Author:Amy Grant
“Every guy has different strengths in the NFL. Receivers are different, running backs are different, but they all have that one thing that they do thats special: that thing that keeps them on the roster every year.” YearsDifferentRunningGuyOne ThingSpecialNflReceiverRunning BackRosters Author:Larry Fitzgerald
“When I started 'DailyGrace,' I was dating a 26-year-old guy I thought was the funniest person in the world. My creation process every day was imagining him watching my videos and wondering, 'Will he laugh at this?' But somehow that's turned into an audience that's mostly 15-year-old girls.” WorldYearsPersonsGuyGirlProcessWonderAudienceLaughingCreationDatingVideoOld Guys Author:Grace Helbig
“I'm astounded by people who take eighteen years to write something. That's how long it took that guy to write Madame Bovary, and was that ever on the best-seller list?” PeopleWritingYearsLongGuyListsThat GuyEighteenSellersBest SellersAstounded Author:Sylvester Stallone
“It's like two years straight out of your life doing a film. It's very enjoyable, especially working with the guys, but I kind of like the idea of traveling and growing, and developing as a writer and as a filmmaker.” YearsKindTwoIdeasFilmGuyGrowingDevelopingFilmmakerTwo YearsEnjoyable Author:Martin McDonagh
“I was in Australia in about 1996 when I played some acoustic guitar for some guys at a studio down there. They were pretty happy with it, and mentioned doing an album, so about a year later I met some people who were interested in recording.” PeopleYearsGuyMetsGuitarAlbumsStudiosAustraliaAcousticsAcoustic Guitar Author:Tom Curren
“I'll never make another Hardy picture . . . I'm fed up with these dopey, insipid parts. How long can a guy play a jerk kid? I'm 27 years old. I've been divorced once and separated from my second wife. I have two boys of my own. I spent almost two years in the army. It's time Judge Hardy went out and bought me a double-breasted suit.” YearsLongTwoPlayKidsGuyMy OwnBoysWifeJudgingArmySuitsTwo YearsFedsDivorcedJerkFed UpHardyInsipid Author:Mickey Rooney
“The last couple years they've been good, but it's just a great group of guys, and they were willing to take the vision that we gave them in the beginning of the season, and we started off really well, which I think helped. But as I mentioned, Andre's sacrifice, David Lee's sacrifice, their willingness to accept roles and keep pushing really was the key to the whole thing.” ThinkingYearsWellsWholeLastsGuyAcceptingVisionRolesSacrificeGroupsWillingKeysCoupleSeasonsPushingWillingnessChampionshipNba Championships Author:Steve Kerr
“When you look back you talk about legends of the game, he's certainly up there. Twenty trophies since 1994. He just seems to get better and better. I've had the honour of playing alongside him. The four years I've played alongside him, he is the best player, one of the first names on the manager's teamsheet. He is just a complete legend. There are not enough players like Paul Scholes around any more for my liking. 'Legend' is over-used but this guy is right up there with the very best.” YearsFirstsLooksEnoughSeemsUsedGuyGamesNamesFourPlayerTwentiesManagersGet BetterHonourLegendsFour YearsThis GuyTrophiesBest PlayersScholesPaul Scholes Author:Dwight Yorke
“There's always some generational-guys-hanging-out movie that is made every few years, I think, and some of them are great.” ThinkingYearsMadeGuyHanging Out Author:Noah Baumbach
“I don't have to be that gentleman ["baddest man on the planet"] anymore. Now I have to be "this" guy. And in order to be "this" guy, I have to be smiling, I have to be gregarious, I have to be entertaining, and I have to be friendly. This is what my career needs now. I've adapted. But 20 years from now, I may need a different persona.” MenNeedsYearsMayDifferentGuyOrderCareersPlanetsGentlemanFriendlyEntertainingThis GuyPersonaAdaptedGregarious Author:Mike Tyson
“A married guy is responsible for everything, no matter what. Women, thanks to their having been oppressed all these years, are blameless, free as birds, and all the dirt they do is the result of premenstrual syndrome or postmenstrual stress or menopause or emotional disempowerment by their fathers or low expectations by their teachers or latent unspoken sexual harassment in the workplace, or some other airy excuse. The guy alone is responsible for every day of marriage that is less than marvelous and meaningful.” YearsMatterGuyFatherResultsTeacherEmotionalMarriedLowsBirdExpectationsStressResponsibleNo Matter WhatExcuseMeaningfulThanksDirtOppressedMarvelousWorkplaceUnspokenHarassmentSyndromesLatentAiryMenopauseBlamelessLow ExpectationsDisempowerment Book:The Book of Guys: Stories Source: The Book of Guys: Stories
“In time, after a dozen years of centering their lives around the games boys play with one another, the boys' bodies change and that changes everything else. But the memories are not erased of that safest time in the lives of men, when their prime concern was playing games with guys who just wanted to be their friendly competitors. Life never again gets so simple.” MenYearsPlayBodyWantedGuyGamesMemoriesSimpleBoysConcernFriendlyPrimeDozenCompetitorsPlaying GamesCenteringBody Change Author:Frank Pittman
“I'm always amazed... I took my 11-year-old to an oceanography camp, and these girls came over to me, and my son was like 'Oh here we go, Dad,' because they had been looking. They were like, 'You're the guy, aren't you?' And I said, 'Well, maybe.' They said, 'He is, he's the guy on 'Charmed!''” YearsWellsSaidGuyGirlSonLike YouDadMy SonCampsAmazedThey SaidCharmed Author:Tobin Bell
“I learned in my early years in the theater that I would never become the guy on top. I'll never create a show; I don't have a brain expansive enough to see the whole picture, in a way that would behoove anyone.” WayYearsEnoughWholeShowsGuyBrainTheaterWhole Picture Author:Nick Offerman
“I've made quite a number of movies like Castaway and a few others where I'm the only guy in the movie and the only place to be is right next to the camera in costume ready to go in order to get it. The years, and more specifically probably the four months prior to beginning shooting, is where the big preparation is that the director does because I knew we were going to get on the set. And the good news is, if you're the boss, if it ain't good, you don't use it. You just cut it out.” IfsYearsDoeMadeUseBigsGuyOrderNextNumbersFourCuttingReadyMonthsDirectorsNewsCamerasPreparationShootingBossCostumesGood NewsCastaway Author:Tom Hanks
“George Jones has been a major part of my personal and professional life for a long time. I have been inspired by his music for the last 50 years and for 42 of those, I had the pleasure of knowing him personally and professionally. He was IT to me. George was and will always be my guy. I am luckier than a lot of people on this Earth because God let me be a part of George's life and him a part of mine. And on this day, his song couldn't be more true: 'He Stopped Loving Her Today.'” PeopleYearsLongHas BeensTodayEarthLastsGuySongPleasureKnowingMinesMajorsLong TimeLet MeInspiredThis DayProfessional LifeGeorge JonesPersonal And Professional Life Author:Sammy Kershaw