Rowing Quotes

169 quotes by 72 authors

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?… — Brad Alan Lewis
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,… — Brad Alan Lewis
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.'… — Brad Alan Lewis
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… — Brad Alan Lewis
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… — Brad Alan Lewis
...well this US eight, with all its material occupying every seat just would not go fast. They rowed their hearts out but it never started… — Daniel Topolski
[He] would drive his sculling boat through mile after mile, in a silent brutal programe of conditioning - he would work all alone, at first… — Daniel Topolski
Anyone who has not rowed in a really close boatrace cannot comprehend the level of pain. — Daniel Topolski
I watched them carefully, as always, searching for a sign of mental weakness. But there was none. Every man was coping well with the hardship,… — Daniel Topolski
The ergometer simulates the physical demands of rowing, packaging the pains with none of the amenities that make it worthwhile ... — Stefan Kieszling
Although it takes a long warm-up for an eight to swing, on an erg such subtleties don't matter. For me the sound alone raised my… — Stefan Kieszling
[Trading] With the French one had to be especially careful. French oarswomen were known to take men aside, point to whatever they wanted, and then… — Stefan Kieszling
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… — Brad Alan Lewis
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,… — Brad Alan Lewis
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… — Brad Alan Lewis
Racing shirts should be sold on big, thick rolls like paper towels. — Brad Alan Lewis
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… — Brad Alan Lewis
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… — Brad Alan Lewis
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… — Brad Alan Lewis
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,… — Brad Alan Lewis

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