Brad Alan Lewis Quotes

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• Pain? Yes, of course. Racing without pain is not racing. But the pleasure of being ahead outweighed the pain a million times over. To hell…
• I've always thought that Boathouse Row looked best at night, when hundreds of electric lights outline the shape of each building, truning them into fantastic…
• One of the unique aspects of rowing is that novices strive to perfect the same motions as Olympic contenders. Few other sports can make this…
• Big guys like you and me aren't allowed to whine.
• The last great unknown, in terms of physiological training, is the optimum length of a piece. Is three minutes enough? Is ten minutes too much?…
• White Hot Concentration is the unappreciated fruit of hard ligting, especially squats. When your in the squat rack, with a serious amount of weight overhead,…
• Every student of physics knows the axiom 'nature abhors a vacuum.' A little known corollary is that 'rowing coaches detest sending their crews in early.'…
• Coach's Rule: never admit a lack of experience or knowledge. Carry on at all times as though you've guided a hundred champion crews. Honesty is…
• Picasso spent hundereds of hours carefully planning his masterpieces. The sketchbooks were filled with ideas, bits and pieces, test runs, none of it meant to…
• 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: a…
• The window of X Factor opportunity opens up in the closing seconds of a race-you might be sprinting at the time or just hanging one,…
• The toughest part of the whole damn sport is the X Factor. To me, the X factor is your soul. It's your courage. It's your…
• Racing shirts should be sold on big, thick rolls like paper towels.
• 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 the…
• As I stood in the booth chatting to people, it occurred to me that besides good racing, the Crew Classic provided an ideal setting for…
• Rigging is like Zen meditation. You must bend over the boat until your back is breaking, until your brain is filled with numbers and fractions…
• 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 lean,…
• 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, running…
• I never realized how many holidays encroached on the collegiate training schedule. When I was training for the Olympics, only one holiday interested me, the…
• 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 know…

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