All my life I've been rowing against the tide. What can I do? It seems I was born that way. — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
Anyone who has not rowed in a really close boatrace cannot comprehend the level of pain. — Daniel Topolski Copy Share Image
Being in shape was not my goal. My body was a tool to test the capabilities of my will. — Stefan Kieszling 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
Rowing is a sport for dreamers. As long as you put in the work, you can own the dream. — Jim Dietz Copy Share Image
Make sure everybody in your boat is rowing and not drilling holes when you're not looking.know your circle .. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anyone who has not rowed in a really close Boat Race cannot comprehend the level of the pain. — Daniel Topolski Copy Share Image
Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved. — Nancy Greene 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
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
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
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
It was like falling off a building and suddenly, bang, you hit the bottom. The first time it happened was on an… — Jonah Lomu 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
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
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
I will say that rowing in the first Olympics was probably one of the most proud moments in my life. What I… — Cameron Winklevoss Copy Share Image
Like any good drug, anger can mask all reality. But anger is not an easy emotion to call up on demand, which… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
“Round the world and home again That's the sailor's way Faster faster, faster faster There's no earthly way of knowing Which direction… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
One training device is the ergometer. I never owned one, never trained on one, and practically never used one. The few national… — Brad Alan Lewis 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
I led by three or four feet, with Biggy (John Biglow) surging closer on each stroke. I hated him in those last… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
As I stood in the booth chatting to people, it occurred to me that besides good racing, the Crew Classic provided an… — Brad Alan Lewis 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
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
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
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
Sports like sailing, rowing, and bobsled have long vexed spectators and television producers. — Mary Pilon 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
Leadership is like the old galley ships. 100s are rowing, but only one (the captain) knows where they are going — Blaine Lee Copy Share Image
A combination of cardio exercises on the rowing machine, treadmill, elliptical, or The Gauntlet will help blast fat in the lower half… — David Kirsch 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
