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> [“I stopped rowing for a moment to glug down some water, but it was warm, tasted of plastic, and failed to refresh. I yearned for an ice-cold drink—preferably one with bubbles and alcohol in it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roz-savage/i-stopped-rowing-for-a-moment-to-glug-down-some-water-but-it-was-warm/)

[Roz Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roz-savage/)

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## More by Roz Savage

> [I don't own designer clothes, or a sports car, or a huge house, but I am seeing the world, experiencing amazing things, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roz-savage/i-don-t-own-designer-clothes-or-a-sports-car-or-a-huge-house-but-i-am/)

[Roz Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roz-savage/)

> [My advice is don't keep asking yourself if you can do something. Just get out there and do it. You can really surprise yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roz-savage/my-advice-is-don-t-keep-asking-yourself-if-you-can-do-something-just/)

[Roz Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roz-savage/)

> [I have learned to accept that, in the present moment at least, things are exactly as they are meant to be, and although I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roz-savage/i-have-learned-to-accept-that-in-the-present-moment-at-least-things/)

[Roz Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roz-savage/)

> [So let's raise the tone of the debate. Too often at the moment we look like schoolchildren squabbling over a toy - our most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roz-savage/so-let-s-raise-the-tone-of-the-debate-too-often-at-the-moment-we-look/)

[Roz Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roz-savage/)

> [“I have tried hard to be a good person and to leave the world a better place. To feel that I have in any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roz-savage/i-have-tried-hard-to-be-a-good-person-and-to-leave-the-world-a-better/)

[Roz Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roz-savage/)

> [I just used to have a really normal life, working in an office.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roz-savage/i-just-used-to-have-a-really-normal-life-working-in-an-office/)

[Roz Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roz-savage/)

> [“I have learned to be kinder to myself, to imagine that I am my own best friend, whispering comforting words in my ear and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roz-savage/i-have-learned-to-be-kinder-to-myself-to-imagine-that-i-am-my-own/)

[Roz Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roz-savage/)

> [“I stopped rowing for a moment to glug down some water, but it was warm, tasted of plastic, and failed to refresh. I yearned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roz-savage/i-stopped-rowing-for-a-moment-to-glug-down-some-water-but-it-was-warm/)

[Roz Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roz-savage/)

> [A few years ago I wrote two versions of my obituary, the one I wanted and the one I was heading for. They were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roz-savage/a-few-years-ago-i-wrote-two-versions-of-my-obituary-the-one-i-wanted/)

[Roz Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roz-savage/)

> [I went through a lot of my life not being mindful of how I was living it. I wasn't mindful environmentally, or whether I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roz-savage/i-went-through-a-lot-of-my-life-not-being-mindful-of-how-i-was-living/)

[Roz Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roz-savage/)

> [I have learned to acknowledge and appreciate the 98% that I have achieved instead of the 2% that I didn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roz-savage/i-have-learned-to-acknowledge-and-appreciate-the-98-that-i-have/)

[Roz Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roz-savage/)

> [I'm not claiming to be anything out of the ordinary. I am not especially big or strong or brave or intrepid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roz-savage/i-m-not-claiming-to-be-anything-out-of-the-ordinary-i-am-not/)

[Roz Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roz-savage/)

> [“So I might be over two thousand miles from my next hot meal, cold beer or decent shower, but at least I wasn't strap-hanging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roz-savage/so-i-might-be-over-two-thousand-miles-from-my-next-hot-meal-cold-beer/)

[Roz Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roz-savage/)

> [“With little going for me other than unstoppable eagerness, a sense of total commitment, and a stubborn refusal to give up on what felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roz-savage/with-little-going-for-me-other-than-unstoppable-eagerness-a-sense-of/)

[Roz Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roz-savage/)

> [Fall down nine times, get up ten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roz-savage/fall-down-nine-times-get-up-ten/)

[Roz Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roz-savage/)

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