Rowing Quotes - Page 4

• Go out there and row faster.

  Roger Moore

  Faster

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• Mileage makes champions

  Steve Fairbairn

  Champion, Mileage

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• You must assume full responsibility for choosing to pursue power. Know that you alone have chosen to be tested, and then proceed without doubt, remorse, or blame. You alone are responsible.

  Mike Livingston

  Responsibility, Doubt, Assuming

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• Being in shape was not my goal. My body was a tool to test the capabilities of my will.

  Stefan Kieszling

  Goal, Tools, Body

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• Let the boat work - and not me!

  Phillip Thomas

  Boat

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• During their college years the oarsmen put in terrbily long hours, often showing up at the boathouse at 6:00am for preclass practices. Both physically and psychologically, they were separated from their classmates. Events that seemed earth-shattering to them-- for example, who was demoted from the varsity to the junior varsity -- went almost unnoticed by the rest of the students. In many ways they were like combat veterans coming back from a small, bitter and distant war, able to talk only to other veterans.

  David Halberstam

  War, College, Years

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• When you are on the erg your mind is too busy to pay attention to the sounds of the machine; you notice only that they are indeed loud.

  Barry S. Strauss

  Mind, Sound, Attention

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• 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 was done on a particular day. After working out for several months, you will feel an unbelievable sense of achievement when flipping through the pages of the log book. You should also notice a sign of improvement. 'Material proof' can be great motivation and will encourage you to keep on going.

  Xeno Muller

  Workout, Motivation, Book

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• Like any good drug, anger can mask all reality. But anger is not an easy emotion to call up on demand, which is why an enemy is so wonderful. You're tired. Didn't sleep well. You have zero energy. Then you get lucky. You pull into the boathouse parking lot and see your favorite enemy. Celebrate. Your workout is saved. One look at that chowderhead can put you into the angerzone. As you turn off your car, you can feel your whole physical being change. Respiration increases. The dull look on your face is magically transformed into the power-stare of a true rowing warriot.

  Brad Alan Lewis

  Workout, Zero, Sleep

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• 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 gas stop can be a traumatic experience. You need enough clearance on every possible side. You can't cut the turn too sharp or you'll clip the gas pump. Getting back on the freeway can be as challenging as sending a man to the moon.

  Brad Alan Lewis

  Cutting, Moon, Men

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• Few sports has as great a disparity between the time committed in practice and time actually spent in game or race conditions.

  David Halberstam

  Sports, Race, Practice

  David Halberstam (2012). “The Amateurs: The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal”, p.25, Open Road Media

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• The concentration of all seven behind the stroke should be so strong that you know by feel when that stroke has varied his style or rating without the cox announcing it.

  Phillip Thomas

  Strong, Style, Seven

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• Still loving the sport; still working on the focus.

  Phillip Thomas

  Sports, Focus, Stills

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• Go as hard as you can on the first piece and then pray that you get switched. Repeat.

  Mike Teti

  Pieces, Firsts, Praying

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• Without a doubt, rowing is the hardest thing you can attempt to learn in a short period of time.

  Eric Bana

  Doubt, Periods, Hardest

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• 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 the brotherhood of rowing. The brotherhood connects real rowing people. Teammates who haven't visited in years came together, and so do former opponents who once battled like mortal enemies. Suddenly they discovered they have much more in common. Long live the brotherhood of rowing.

  Brad Alan Lewis

  Real, Years, Long

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• We shook hands. For a moment our eyes met - which I found surprisingly destabilizing. Then we pulled back and there was a mement of what seemed like mutual appraisal. For me, it was like being at a regatta, sizing up the competition on the dock before climbing into the shells. Could I take him? ... He could inflict serious damage. I sensed that. But he would be unfamiliar with rowers - men used to toiling backwards, blindly, trained, most of all, to endure.

  Stefan Kieszling

  Eye, Men, Climbing

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• 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 unique driving force. Suppose for a moment that [you] and I were [running]. Suppose that in every possible way-physical and mental-we were identical. Which one of us would emerge as the champion?

  Brad Alan Lewis

  Sports, Running, Unique

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• 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 handed to be in order to get it into gear for the upcoming Sydney Olmpics. Now, I'm on a mission.

  Xeno Muller

  Order, Needs, Gears

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• [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 peel off their own shirts. It took great presence of mind to bargain with a half-naked Frenchwoman.

  Stefan Kieszling

  Men, Presence Of Mind, Naked

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• ...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 to sing through the water. And no one ever found out why. The answer to this is slightly mystical because the sum of a crew is greater than its parts. Those eight heavyweights had not time to develop the bond, the sacred trust, that can make a racing eight fly.

  Daniel Topolski

  Heart, Eight, Water

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• 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 person to make the difference. I can't stand to be behind and I don't want to lose.

  Chris Ahrens

  Distance, Differences, Race

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• When a politician states that we are all in the same boat, be on Your guard. Does it mean that YOU are supposed to be doing all the rowing?

  Vilhelm Moberg

  Mean, Historical, Doe

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• Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.

  John Masefield

  Sweet, Home, Wine

  'Cargoes' (1903)

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• Indians are born with an instinct for riding, rowing, hunting, fishing, and swimming. Americans are born with an instinct for fooling around with machines.

  William Saroyan

  Swimming, Hunting, Fishing

  William Saroyan, William E. Justice (2008). “He flies through the air with the greatest of ease: a William Saroyan reader”, Heyday Books

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