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My Grandfather bought me a Savage/Stevens .22 for my 7th birthday and took me out to shoot it the following weekend. After a couple hundred rounds he figured I was ready so he stuck a Springfield 1903-A3 in my hands. Even while I was dusting myself off, I was hooked and we went out as often as we could. Now, I'm taking my boys out and teaching them. My Grandpa was like Billy's: patient and a stickler on safety. He dealt with safety issues harshly but they stuck so now it's just 2nd nature. Those are also some of my fondest memories.
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USAF Retired 
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorius triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things
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