A boy's best friend is his father.
In Brazil, if you have a son, the first thing you give him is a football. That's the first gift - so my dad was no different.
It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, "Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm."
My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, "You're tearing up the grass"; "We're not raising grass," Dad would reply. "We're raising boys."
With sons and fathers, there's an inexplicable connection and imprint that your father leaves on you.
Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.
My dad's the one who's always been there; he's my hero, you could say. Even when he was working, he'd do anything for me. He's been the biggest influence in my life.
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
Dad.
A son's first hero.
A daughter's first love.
A son's first hero.
A daughter's first love.
One kind word, one full hug, where you pressed me to your chest and held me tight... would have been like the sun on my heart for a thousand years.
Commodus in Gladiator
2A man has three things to do in his life: Build a house, have a son and plant a tree.
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
