“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 the sport is that of painter, Thomas Eakins.” TurnsSportsImaginationAttentionPoetPainterHistorianRowing Author:Barry S. Strauss
“Rowing it was pointed out, was a sport that risked few injuries. So it was, I ould discover, but only if you did it right.” IfsSportsInjuryRowing Author:Barry S. Strauss
“The Greek in me wanted to know what it felt like to pull an oar. The intellectual wondered about how to get eight individuals to move to the same beat. The athlete wanted to check what has been described as the ultimate workout. The romantic craved seeing if the quirkiness of the sport - there is after all, little practical value to oarsmanship in the postindustrial age - stirred his blood.” IfsKnowsLittlesHas BeensAgeWantedMovingValuesIndividualFeltSportsSeeingBloodIntellectualBeatsUltimateAthleteEightPracticalsChecksGreekWorkoutRowingOar Author:Barry S. Strauss
“It's the quintessential Greek sport: harmonious, competitive, agonizing, nautical, and above all, intelligent. It combines Odysseus's brains and brawn and love of the sea with the tactical precision of the Spartan pikeman.” SportsBrainSeaAnd LoveIntelligentGreekHarmoniousPrecisionRowingNauticalTacticalAgonizingQuintessentialOdysseus Author:Barry S. Strauss
