The Testosterone Principles 2 Quotes

“The more challenging the situation we overcome, the greater our stature. The demon you swallow gives you its power.”
― T.C. Luoma, The Testosterone Principles 2: Manhood and Other Stuff

“We know deep down that the perfect body or ultimate personal record can never really be achieved, because our imagination always sets the goal a step or two or three ahead of what we’ve accomplished. And we also know that the universe is merciless enough to give us a few physical challenges that we won’t be, can’t be, prepared for.

So it’s not the goal that’s important, it’s the journey. The journey’s the thing. The journey’s the reward.”
― T.C. Luoma, The Testosterone Principles 2: Manhood and Other Stuff

“When you were a kid, didn’t you dream about going off to slay dragons? Didn’t you dream about being some kind of hero?

And as you grew up and realized that you probably wouldn’t be slaying any dragons, real or metaphorical, didn’t you get tired of just watching others do physical things? Didn’t you get tired of only being involved in surrogate achievement, you know, living vicariously through the basketball players, the soccer players, the Italian bocce ball players, or whoever it is you admire?

You gotta’ understand, people like me never stop lifting weights. The part of us that wanted to slay the dragon? It didn’t die. It won’t.”
― T.C. Luoma, The Testosterone Principles 2: Manhood and Other Stuff

“I want to be my own hero, be the protagonist in the book of my life and not just some third-rate character whose life is notable only for his total lack of conviction or purpose.”
― T.C. Luoma, The Testosterone Principles 2: Manhood and Other Stuff

“Adolescence, while it’s a place I like to visit periodically, shouldn’t be a lifestyle. Tragic maturity, while appropriate at times, will kill your soul if practiced perpetually.”
― T.C. Luoma, The Testosterone Principles 2: Manhood and Other Stuff

“What man is interested in someone else’s baby? First and foremost, that baby is the living embodiment of some other male’s success in mating. Mating is our biological imperative and the father of the wretched thing won; beat us in this biological imperative. We’re the loser. We’ve let him succeed in perpetuating his genes.”
― T.C. Luoma, The Testosterone Principles 2: Manhood and Other Stuff