"What every boy needs to know about being a man" Is a speech from the movie Second Hand Lions. One of the main characters was named Hub McCann and was played by Robert Duvall. Hub lived in a old weathered house with his brother Garth McCann (played by Michael Caine) as lifelong bachelors. The brothers take in their grand nephew and through some hijinks which includes a lion in a cornfield and sword fighting with a plunger, help their relatively impressionable young man find a sense of self confidence. In the movie Hub gives a speech to a group of rough teenagers that he has given to countless other young men before. I thought that it was really great and wanted to post it to pay homage to these 2 great characters. Here it is:
"Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things that a man needs to believe in the most.. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money.. money and power mean nothing. That good always triumphs over evil, and I want you to remember this. That love, true love, never dies... No matter if they're true or not, a man should believe in those things because those are the things worth believing in."
I always wonder what's the rest of the speech is like. It's been over 13 years since you've posted this. How does this apply to you and your son? What would you add to it?
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