Absolutes Quote by David Halberstam

Pain is part of the sport.

— Conor McGregor

Rowing it was pointed out, was a sport that risked few injuries. So it was, I ould discover, but only if you did it…

— Barry S. Strauss

Rowing is a simple sport stuffed up by experts

— Roger Moore

Rowing is such a fine sport. Everyone goes backward, and the leader can see his opponents as they struggle in vain.

— Brad Alan Lewis

Once one is beyond a certain level of commitment to the sport, life begins to seem an allegory of rowing rather than rowing an…

— Stefan Kieszling

For me, playing hurt was a battle in itself: a mind-over-matter head game I refused to lose. Often, I was barely able to bend…

— Mark Schlereth

There's two kinds of pain in sports: the pain of discipline and the pain of regret.

— Jeff Blatnick

Pain creates movement, and movement controls balance. If the opponent does not feel any pain you may be forced to break bones.

— Ed Martin

Anyone who has not rowed in a really close Boat Race cannot comprehend the level of the pain.

— Daniel Topolski

Internally, you experience rowing as a graphic microcosm of life - solitude, learning, work, rest, nourishment, sharing and ultimately challenge.

— Allen Rosenberg

People play with pain all the time.

— J. J. Watt

Anyone who has not rowed in a really close boatrace cannot comprehend the level of pain.

— Daniel Topolski