--- title: "4 Tori Murden Quotes - Famous Ocean rower (A Pearl in the storm)" description: "Victoria Murden McClure is an athlete, adventurer, chaplain, lawyer, and university administrator who was the first woman and the first American to row ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b167/author-tori-murden-71966.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Tori Murden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b167/author-tori-murden-71966.jpg) # Tori Murden (1963) Ocean Rower United States **4** quotes in **67** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Tori Murden is an ocean rower from the United States, best known for *A Pearl in the storm*. ## Quick Facts About Tori Murden Born March 6, 1963 Nationality United States Profession Ocean Rower Notable works A Pearl in the storm ## About Tori Murden Victoria Murden McClure is an athlete, adventurer, chaplain, lawyer, and university administrator who was the first woman and the first American to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, which she did in 1999. She was also the first woman and first American to ski to the geographic South Pole and the first woman to climb the Lewis Nunatak in the Antarctic. ## Quotes by Tori Murden > [You have to chase your dreams, no matter what. The impossible just takes a little longer. One stroke at a time, one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tori-murden/you-have-to-chase-your-dreams-no-matter-what-the-impossible-just/) Tori Murden [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e40/tori-murden-71966_achieve_you-have-to-chase-your-dreams-no-matter_297210.png) > [On June 14, 1998, I pushed off under quiet gray skies from Nags Head, N.C, in the American Pearl, a 23 foot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tori-murden/on-june-14-1998-i-pushed-off-under-quiet-gray-skies-from-nags-head-n/) Tori Murden [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/tori-murden-71966_attempting_on-june-14-1998-i-pushed-off-under-quiet_407842.png) > [Highly competitive athletes like Ginny Gilder have a gift for tolerating pain and ignoring adversity. They accept these things as the price…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tori-murden/highly-competitive-athletes-like-ginny-gilder-have-a-gift-for/) Tori Murden [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/tori-murden-71966_accepting_highly-competitive-athletes-like-ginny-g_809062.png) > [Every time I've strayed from the beaten path I've never regretted it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tori-murden/every-time-i-ve-strayed-from-the-beaten-path-i-ve-never-regretted-it/) Tori Murden [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f3/tori-murden-71966_beaten_every-time-i-ve-strayed-from-the-beaten_2296991.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tori-murden/#itemlist", "name": "Tori Murden Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You have to chase your dreams, no matter what. The impossible just takes a little longer. 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