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

As you become more proficient, fewer people can offer you advice, although in truth, that's when you need it the most because the stakes just keep getting higher and higher.

Big guys like you and me aren't allowed to whine.

Racing shirts should be sold on big, thick rolls like paper towels.

Long live the elite rower's motto:'early to bed, early to rise, never meet the regular guys.'

MCP, maximum controled pressure. No tomorrow, no waiting, nothing beyond the moment. We seek the perfect balance-total abandon on the drive, total control on the recovery.

I never realized how many holidays encroached on the collegiate training schedule. When I was training for the Olympics, only one holiday interested me, the Day After the Games.

You need flawless balance on the recovery. You need white hot focus and the concentration to row square blades cleanly for seven miles. Smooth water doesn't hurt either.

After hooking up the fuel line and pumping a little gasoline through the hose, I prepared for a workout on the 'coach's ergometer'.

Those who are great know a secret that the remaining lot do not know.

We are what we think.

Don't dwell on sadness. Joy will take you where you want to go.

Life is mental

To scorn philosophy is truly to philosophize.

In the fashion world, I was always an outsider, but I made people look good, so I had a career.

I had to get rich so I could afford to sing like I was poor again.

you must cry out if you want help. It is no use whatsoever to suffer in silence. Who will succour the drowning man if he does not clamour for his life?

No matter how much strong black coffee we drink, almost any after- dinner speech will counteract it.

Curiosity engenders both science and scandal.