Rowing Quotes

169 quotes by 72 authors

Sometimes it is really hard to sit in the single and go for a row. I think this is really normal. I, like probably a… — Xeno Muller
Although logging workouts seems to be a very simple action, it is often forgotten. Once several days go by, it is hard to remember what… — Xeno Muller
I started rowing in December 1995. The place was Association Nautique Faontainbleau in France. A friend of mine from middle school told me that I… — Xeno Muller
As some species of plants need to be burned to the ground in order for them to later flourish, I needed to have my ass… — Xeno Muller
Nice? It's the ONLY thing, said the Water Rat solemnly, as he leant forward for his stroke. Believe me, my young friend, there is NOTHING… — Kenneth Grahame
I like the stroke seat. I want to be there. I want to have the race come down to a short distance and be the… — Chris Ahrens
To hell with that. If a guy can pull a big erg, I can teach him how to row. — Mike Teti
Competition in rowing doesn't just come from other countries. It comes from Wall Street, med school, law school. You think Harvard and Princeton grads want… — Mike Teti
Go as hard as you can on the first piece and then pray that you get switched. Repeat. — Mike Teti
Just remember we're now in selection. Every piece, every erg, every seat race-they're all recorded, and I notice things — Mike Teti
And all the way, to guide their chime, With falling oars they kept their time. — Andrew Marvell
I climbed on the rowing ergometer, and started to pull - losing myself in the rhythm of sweat and pain. — Stefan Kieszling
We shook hands. For a moment our eyes met - which I found surprisingly destabilizing. Then we pulled back and there was a mement of… — Stefan Kieszling
The rower need to know technique and has to be in shape. He won't wrong by using strategy. Yet what it takes to win races… — Barry S. Strauss
The oars game me power but also taught me humility. — Barry S. Strauss
To improve the oarsman you must improve the man. — Steve Fairbairn
Yet my great-grandfather was but a water-man, looking one way and rowing another: and I got most of my estate by the same occupation. — John Bunyan
The greatest poet who ever wrote about rowing is Virgil, the greatest historian is Thucydides, but the greatest imagination ever to turn its attention to… — Barry S. Strauss
Think of aerobics plus weight lifting minus the music or camaraderie. Combine unalloyed endurance with straightforward strength and demand poise, timing, and practiced form as… — Barry S. Strauss
If rowing is a trial then the ergometer is the courtroom, the meter is the jury. And an honest jury at that, because the numbers… — Barry S. Strauss

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