Being in shape was not my goal. My body was a tool to test the capabilities of my will. — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share Image
My two major faults are that I row too long and pick up too many women — John Hersey Copy Share Image
Rowing is a sport for dreamers. As long as you put in the work, you can own the dream. — Jim Dietz Copy Share Image
I was rowing the boat alone against a tide, running against an incumbent in 2013. — Elise Stefanik Copy Share Image
While power is important, efficiency is critical. Many have worked hard and gone slow. — Drew Ginn Copy Share Image
I never realized how many holidays encroached on the collegiate training schedule. When I was training for the Olympics, only one holiday… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
Swimming and athletics are the big gigs at the Olympic games. Cycling and rowing are pretty big for Britain, but globally, the… — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
Virtue dwells at the head of a river, to which we cannot get but by rowing against the stream. — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
If you do the treadmill or elliptical all the time, try adding the rowing machine or stair climber, maybe get a new… — David Kirsch Copy Share Image
Ocean rowing is very much what you make it. Rowing technique is pretty irrelevant on the ocean. It's the psychology that's important. — Roz Savage Copy Share Image
Rowing is such a fine sport. Everyone goes backward, and the leader can see his opponents as they struggle in vain. — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
There are always a lot of people so afraid of rocking the boat that they stop rowing. We can never get ahead… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Sports like sailing, rowing, and bobsled have long vexed spectators and television producers. — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
“The children had been using these spatulas as oars, but rowing a boat is very hard work, particularly if one’s traveling companions… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
My dad's Welsh and my mum's Irish, and they're always rowing. If I went in and said that I'd been working with… — Lee Evans Copy Share Image
Your first duty is to be yourself. You can't always get what you want, but if you try you just might get… — Bernajoy Vaal Copy Share Image
Think of aerobics plus weight lifting minus the music or camaraderie. Combine unalloyed endurance with straightforward strength and demand poise, timing, and… — Barry S. Strauss Copy Share Image
Winning a rowing race is not like winning anything else. Here's my theory: you're facing backwards, so you're looking at the people… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
It's great to see the World Rowing Championships returning to U.S. soil for the first time in 25 years. I am even… — Stephen Young Copy Share Image
“I stopped rowing for a moment to glug down some water, but it was warm, tasted of plastic, and failed to refresh.… — Roz Savage Copy Share Image
I don't think it hurts to have rowing featured in a movie that's in the race for the best pictures. If it… — Tyler Winklevoss Copy Share Image
“In crew, contempt is important. In Boston, Boston University and Northeastern crew are treated with contempt by the college up the river.… — Lisa Birnbach Copy Share Image
Sometimes it is really hard to sit in the single and go for a row. I think this is really normal. I,… — Xeno Muller Copy Share Image
When you are rowing well and hard, the rhythm of the stroke takes over. It drives your days and restores your nights.… — Barry S. Strauss Copy Share Image
Sometimes you come to a fall and sometimes you come to white water. Your rowing has to adapt to the situation. You… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
Karen rowed for what the venerable American shell builder George Pocock called 'the symphony of motion.' As dawn breaks over the river,… — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share Image
Even after rowing in all these pieces, it's often hard to determine who will be selected because the decisive factor in seat… — Chris Ahrens Copy Share Image
For two months after Christmas vacation we limped around campus with muscles too tigh and sore to walk properly, yet we had… — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share Image
Coach's Rule: never admit a lack of experience or knowledge. Carry on at all times as though you've guided a hundred champion… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
Well, Remember when we used to row. Yuh used to drop yuh hint an mi think yuh did a gyow but mi… — Lady Saw Copy Share Image
Once one is beyond a certain level of commitment to the sport, life begins to seem an allegory of rowing rather than… — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share Image
I remember, rowing took me forever and it took me so much time and coaching to get it right. — Mat Fraser Copy Share Image
Without a doubt, rowing is the hardest thing you can attempt to learn in a short period of time. — Eric Bana Copy Share Image
“The bottom line was that while everyone was rowing the boat, to use Andrew’s analogy, there was no forward movement.” — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
My dear boy, you are under a wrong impression. It is not a race, it is merely a means of getting crews… — Steve Fairbairn Copy Share Image
Few sports has as great a disparity between the time committed in practice and time actually spent in game or race conditions. — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
I climbed on the rowing ergometer, and started to pull - losing myself in the rhythm of sweat and pain. — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share Image
