Barry S. Strauss Quotes

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.

The oars game me power but also taught me humility.

There is a place where cerebral an corporeal meet: they call it rowing

You feel like you and the boats are one, you feel that no obstacle will put up any more resistance than the water does to your oars, you feel that hard work and grit and mental toughness will always win it for you in the end.

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.