The Wingmen Quotes

“The church I grew up in, in New Concord, I remember the preacher preaching some sermons on predestination,” he said. “I always had trouble with that. I never liked the idea that somehow I was just placed here on Earth and everything I was going to do was all programmed out, no matter what I thought about it.” A week after he returned from space, Glenn,”
― Adam Lazarus, The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams

“Ted only batted. 406 in 1941,” Glenn told the crowd at Boston’s Wang Center in 1988. “He batted 1.000 for the Marines and the United States of America.”
― Adam Lazarus, The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams

“Ted Williams idolized John Glenn, in 1953, in 1962, in 1988, in 1998, and prior to his death in 2002.”
― Adam Lazarus, The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams

“I was proud to know you, John, I can tell you that. “And I wish you all the luck in the world,” he continued. “My greatest regret is that you’re not a Republican.”
― Adam Lazarus, The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams

“On the morning of February 20, 1962, Glenn climbed into his space capsule for a twelfth attempted launch. This time, there were no setbacks, no delays, no cancelations. At 8:48 a.m. the Atlas rocket broke free from the ground pad and raced up into the atmosphere, leaving a trail of smoke and fire.”
― Adam Lazarus, The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams

“On Tuesday, February 20, 1962, Williams was in Chicago for three days of meetings with Sears, Roebuck executives.”
― Adam Lazarus, The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams

“In the fall, he briefly flew to Northern California to attend his father’s funeral and also spent six weeks training at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico, one of ten thousand Marines training for an amphibious “mock assault” on Onslow Beach, North Carolina.”
― Adam Lazarus, The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams