Don't make a whole to-do about it. Don't get down on yourself be- cause you're not an expert rower; don't start reading… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
“A good shell has to have life and resiliency to get in harmony with the swing of the crew.” — Daniel James Brown Copy Share Image
Competition in rowing doesn't just come from other countries. It comes from Wall Street, med school, law school. You think Harvard and… — Mike Teti Copy Share Image
Weightless in water, swift as the wind, Subtle of purpose - a feather blown - I go with my oarsmen where they… — Mark Van Doren Copy Share Image
You linger to see his back, and the back of his neck and shoulder-side...The Bending forward and backward of the rowers... — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I went to university (Brown), I worked as a designer, I competed in Olympic sport (rowing) ... and I ended up being… — Dhani Harrison 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
In terms of pure physical effort, today was probably as hard as I've worked in any part. I spent the morning rowing,… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
Right next to my bedroom, Dad made a chin-up bar with a rowing machine and a treadmill. From there, as years went… — Joseph Parker Copy Share Image
I started rowing in December 1995. The place was Association Nautique Faontainbleau in France. A friend of mine from middle school told… — Xeno Muller Copy Share Image
Nice? It's the ONLY thing, said the Water Rat solemnly, as he leant forward for his stroke. Believe me, my young friend,… — Kenneth Grahame 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
“Harmony, balance, and rhythm. They’re the three things that stay with you your whole life. Without them civilization is out of whack.… — Daniel James Brown Copy Share Image
Our suicidal poets (Plath, Berryman, Lowell, Jarrell, et al.) spent too much of their lives inside rooms and classrooms when they should… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Unlike boxers-or any professional athlete for that matter-rowers have little motivation to do it longer than necessary. With a modest amount of… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
The feel of a good row stays with you hours afterward. Your muscles glow, your mind wanders from the papers on you… — Barry S. Strauss Copy Share Image
Most days I feel like the sole survivor of a shipwreck, rowing my paddleboat across a sea of people on waves made… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Without a doubt, the next few minutes would be the most hellishly exciting in my life. Grinding pain and killer fatigue waited… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
Unless you've also had some experience dragging around a boat trailer, [topping off the gas tank] may not sound important. But trailer… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
Once one has attained a high level of success at any pursuit and especially an unorthodox pursuit like rowing, one develops a… — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share Image
Osho used me and Shunyo (my girlfriend at the time) as an example of how he envisioned men and women should relate.… — Swami Anand Milarepa 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
If anyone here is secretly dreaming of making the Olympics, I can tell you exactly how to do it, two words: Sustained… — 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,… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
So to the lyre of Orpheus they struck with their oars, The furious water of the sea, and the surge broke into… — Barry S. Strauss Copy Share Image
I slapped my face two or three times with both hands, as hard as possible. The slapping hurt. It snapped me to… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
You are young. So you know everything. You leap into the boat and begin rowing. But, listen to me. Without fanfare, without… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
Take a look at your natural river. What are you? Stop playing games with yourself. Where's your river going? Are you riding… — Frederick Carl Frieseke Copy Share Image
Every student of physics knows the axiom 'nature abhors a vacuum.' A little known corollary is that 'rowing coaches detest sending their… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
“How often have I watched, and longed to imitate when I should be free to live as I chose, a rower who… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
If you want to be your best, spend a lot of time exploring what is more than enough. Push yourself until the… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
Once I was asked to do celebrity rowing, where they taught people who had been to Oxford or Cambridge to row against… — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
It's the quintessential Greek sport: harmonious, competitive, agonizing, nautical, and above all, intelligent. It combines Odysseus's brains and brawn and love of… — Barry S. Strauss Copy Share Image
Those of us who stayed were younger, more tractable. Less sure of ourselves socially and intellectually, we gave ourselves to the sport… — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share Image
Harmony, balance, and rhythm. They're the three things that stay with you your whole life. Without them civilization is out of whack.… — Daniel James Brown Copy Share Image
The rower need to know technique and has to be in shape. He won't wrong by using strategy. Yet what it takes… — Barry S. Strauss Copy Share Image
You must assume full responsibility for choosing to pursue power. Know that you alone have chosen to be tested, and then proceed… — Mike Livingston Copy Share Image
In rowing, you're always striving for that perfect stroke, that repetition, each one being as good as the last. Same thing with… — Bryan Volpenhein Copy Share Image
I think I have experience in rowing, and that has given me some ability to go about racing. I'm lucky genetically. I… — Bryan Volpenhein Copy Share Image
Shoulder-to-shoulder, swing to the work, we must - just two as we are - if we hope to make some headway. The… — Homer Copy Share Image
![“In terms of pure physical effort, today was probably as hard as I've worked in any part. I spent the morning rowing, including the change of speeds Arrius [the Roman commander] test Judah with. A real bone-breaker.” quote by Charlton Heston](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/be2/charlton-heston-5386_bones_in-terms-of-pure-physical-effort-today-w_2793655.jpg)
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