Racing shirts should be sold on big, thick rolls like paper towels. — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
The time to be upset is during the race, when you can actually do something about it. Nothing could be done now.… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
The slow boat-I know it's the slow boat because I've been watching them for thirty-three weeks-won the first piece by a full… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
The last great unknown, in terms of physiological training, is the optimum length of a piece. Is three minutes enough? Is ten… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
The ability to row in any conditions, raging crosswind, two-foot tall jet ski wakes, torrential downpour, is absolutely essential in order to… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
Rowing is an absurdly simple sport. I can easily guide a beginner throught the right technical motions. The difficulty arises when the… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
Pain? Yes, of course. Racing without pain is not racing. But the pleasure of being ahead outweighed the pain a million times… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
Racing serves as a formal demonstration of your ability to ride the three-headed monster. The first monster is your physical preparation-lifting weights… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
The window of X Factor opportunity opens up in the closing seconds of a race-you might be sprinting at the time or… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
Nobody Beats Us! served as our main trigger... We practiced using trigger words, private verbal keys, which unlocked certain thoughts for us.… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
White Hot Concentration is the unappreciated fruit of hard ligting, especially squats. When your in the squat rack, with a serious amount… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
Immediately upon entering the weighing-in zone, I sensed an oppressive tension in the air, the lightweights staring and glaring at each other, snarling like… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
You need flawless balance on the recovery. You need white hot focus and the concentration to row square blades cleanly for seven miles. Smooth… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
Unless you've also had some experience dragging around a boat trailer, [topping off the gas tank] may not sound important. But trailer driver's know:… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
The slow boat-I know it's the slow boat because I've been watching them for thirty-three weeks-won the first piece by a full length. Then… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
Unlike boxers-or any professional athlete for that matter-rowers have little motivation to do it longer than necessary. With a modest amount of self-realization, you'll… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
Like any good drug, anger can mask all reality. But anger is not an easy emotion to call up on demand, which is why… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
Long live the elite rower's motto:'early to bed, early to rise, never meet the regular guys.' — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
One training device is the ergometer. I never owned one, never trained on one, and practically never used one. The few national team tests… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
One of the unique aspects of rowing is that novices strive to perfect the same motions as Olympic contenders. Few other sports can make… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
Rigging is like Zen meditation. You must bend over the boat until your back is breaking, until your brain is filled with numbers and… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
I led by three or four feet, with Biggy (John Biglow) surging closer on each stroke. I hated him in those last few seconds;… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
Rowing is an absurdly simple sport. I can easily guide a beginner throught the right technical motions. The difficulty arises when the beginner attempts… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
Racing serves as a formal demonstration of your ability to ride the three-headed monster. The first monster is your physical preparation-lifting weights for strength,… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
If anyone here is secretly dreaming of making the Olympics, I can tell you exactly how to do it, two words: Sustained Obsession. The… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
