“I want to see all the countries in the world and learn all the languages. I want to have thousands of friends and I want all my friends to be different. I want to play six instruments. I want to be the best in the world at two things. I want to be a great athlete and I want to be a great surgeon. I need to practice very hard every day. I need to sleep as little as possible. I need to read at least one major book every week. And I need to remember that my seventy years are going to go by too quickly.” WorldWantNeedsYearsLittlesTwoBookDifferentCountryHardPlayRememberLanguageSleepPracticeWeekYouthSixAmbitionMajorsMy FriendsInstrumentsAthleteTwo ThingsBeing The BestSeventiesSurgeonsGreat Athlete Author:Diana Nyad
“I never really got into marketing. I went to school for it, but never pursued it once I got out. Instead, I went to Europe for about two months, just traveling around in youth hostels and Eurail trains with my friends.” TwoSchoolYouthMonthsMy FriendsEuropeTrainMarketingPursuedTwo Months Author:Kevin Nealon
“The Barcelona youth program is one of the best in the world. At the age of just 27, he is already their record goalscorer in competitive, league, as well as continental games. He is a sensation, but still he can improve. When I was a kid, my friends would call me to go out with them, but I would stay home because I had practice the next day. My motivation comes from playing the game I love.” WorldWellsStillsHomeKidsAgeMotivationNextGamesPracticeRecordsYouthMy FriendsProgramLeagueCall MeSensationsNext DayBarcelonaContinental Author:Thierry Henry
“Whenever folks say radical Christianity is "a phase" of youth, I tell them they need to meet our 80-year-old nun or my friend Tony Campolo.” NeedsYearsChristianityYouthMy FriendsFolksRadicalPhasesNun Author:Shane Claiborne
“I got into comics about the same time as music. By 12 years old, I had discovered my dad's killer comic book collection filled with Silver Age books from his youth...early Spider-Man, Thor, Fantastic Four, The Hulk, Detective Comics, Action Comics, you name it. Seeing those old books got me interested in new comics, so my friends and I would hit the local comic shop every Saturday to pick up the cool titles of my generation.” MenYearsBookAgeActionNamesFourSeeingGenerationsYouthDadPicksMy FriendsFilledMy DadLocalsComicFantasticTitlesCollectionsShopsSilverKillersComic BookSaturdaySpidersDetectivesMy GenerationSpider ManOld BooksFantastic Four Author:Alan Robert
“Death, torture and prison are part of daily life for the youth of Iran. They are not like us, my friends and I at their age; they are not scared. They are not what we were. They hold hands and scream: “Don’t be afraid! Don’t be afraid! We are together!” They understand that no one will give them their rights; they must go get them.” GivingHandsAgeTogetherRightsYouthMy FriendsPrisonScaredTortureDaily LifeIranScreamHolding Hands Author:Marjane Satrapi
“In my fool hardy youth, when my friends were dreaming of heroic deeds in the realms of engineering and law, finance and national politics, I dreamt of becoming a librarian.” DreamLawYouthFoolBecomingMy FriendsDeedsFinanceRealmsHeroicEngineeringLibrarianHardyHeroic Deeds Book:The Library at Night Source: The Library at Night