“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.” MenWayWaterOne WayOccupationGrandfatherEstatesRowingGreat Grandfather Author: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 the sport is that of painter, Thomas Eakins.” TurnsSportsImaginationAttentionPoetPainterHistorianRowing Author: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 well. Think of pure pain: that's the ergometer.” ThinkingWellsPainFormPureDemandWeightEndurancePlusTimingLiftingStraightforwardRowingMinusCamaraderiePoiseAerobicsWeight Lifting Author: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 do not lie.” IfsLyingNumbersHonestTrialsJuryMeterRowingCourtroom Author:Barry S. Strauss
“There are so many reactions to art that make sense to me - but 'ick' means something.” MeanArtReactionsMake Sense Author:Lena Dunham
“So to the lyre of Orpheus they struck with their oars, The furious water of the sea, and the surge broke into waves. Here and there the dark brine gushed with foam, Roaring terribly through the strength of the mighty men.” MenWaterDarkSeaWaveBrokeHere And ThereFuriousRowingRoaringFoamOarOrpheus 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
“Eakins rejected gentlemen athletics as his theme. Instead, he took a subject that had been the stuff of illustrated weeklies and the penny press and turned it into fine art. Eakins celebrates not fire from heaven but honest sweat, not genius but hard work.” ArtHardHeavenStuffFireSubjectsHonestHard WorkFineGeniusPressesCelebrateGentlemanThemeSweatRejectedPenniesAthleticsFine ArtsRowing Author:Barry S. Strauss
“The single sculler, alone on the river at dawn, or spotlighted in his lane during a race, is th emost romantic, the most quixotic figure in all rowing.” RaceFiguresRiversDawnLanesRowingMost RomanticQuixotic Author:Barry S. Strauss