10 QUOTES WITH «ROWING»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
rowing.
Swimming and athletics are the big gigs at the Olympic games. Cycling and rowing are pretty big for Britain, but globally, the two big things are athletics and swimming.
When I was young, I read everything I could lay my hands on, but the Scots in my storybooks spent their time fighting glorious battles, rowing across lochs, or escaping over moors of purple heather. Even those Scots were hard to find. For at school, we recited poetry according to the set texts the teachers taught us.
Take a look at your natural river. What are you? Stop playing games with yourself. Where's your river going? Are you riding with it? Or are you rowing against it? Don't you see that there is no effort if you're riding with your river?
Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.
Most people are rowing against the current of life. Instead of turning the boat around, all they need to do is let go of the oars.
It was like falling off a building and suddenly, bang, you hit the bottom. The first time it happened was on an ordinary day at home. I was taking down some curtains. I took one step, turned around, took another step and then I fell and hit my head hard on the rowing machine.
I train very hard, either rowing on the cross trainer or running. Not only do you feel tired afterwards but it relaxes you, it completely clears the head. But to sort things out I also like to walk.
All my life I've been rowing against the tide. What can I do? It seems I was born that way.
I absolutely love 'Four In A Bed.' Before I started filming, and I was unemployed, it was the focus of my day. Four B&B owners go to each other's B&Bs, have a meal and stay over, and then pay what they think the room was worth. At the end of the week, they sit down together and open each other's envelopes, and they all start rowing.
Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROWING»
Discover the use of
rowing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
rowing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Successful coaches and world-class rowers come together to present the techniques, training methods and racing strategies that make rowers faster and more efficient in the water. Original.
-- Step-by-step photographs demonstrate skills for the new rower Perfect for anyone who wishes to take up rowing, this book introduces essential techniques.
A comprehensive look at rowing training and tecnique.
Edward McNeely, Marlene Royle, 2002
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Rowing: Training - Fitness - Leisure
This manual is designed for coaches in rowing clubs, schools and further education, rowers and club leaders, and all those wanting to find out about what rowing has to offer.
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Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge
As Fredston writes, these trips are "neither a vacation nor an escape, they are a way of life." Rowing to Latitude is a lyrical, vivid celebration of these northern journeys and the insights they inspired.
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Steven Redgrave's complete book of
rowing
This completely revised and updated version of Olympic gold medal-winning rower Steven Redgrave's definitive book is helpful for beginners and more advanced rowers alike.
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Rowing Against the Current: On Learning to Scull at Forty
In the midst of the standard, dreary midlife crisis -- complete with wine-tasting courses, yoga classes, and a failed attempt at a first novel -- forty-year-old Barry Strauss falls unexpectedly and passionately in love with rowing, a sport ...
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Rowing the Eternal Sea: The Story of a Minamata Fisherman
In this compelling oral history, Ogata Masato, fisherman and Minamata disease sufferer, tells of the devastation of methyl mercury poisoning.
Keibō Ōiwa, Masato Ogata, Karen Colligan-Taylor, 2001
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Mind Over Water: Lessons on Life from the Art of
Rowing
In this wise and thrilling book, Criag Lambert turns rowing--personal discipline, modern Olympic sport, grand collegiate tradition--into a metaphor for a vigorous and satisfying life.
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Rowing in Eden: Rereading Emily Dickinson
In this pathbreaking study, Martha Nell Smith unravels the paradox by boldly recasting two of the oldest and still most frequently asked questions about Emily Dickinson: Why didn't she publish more poems while she was alive? and Who was her ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROWING»
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rowing is used in the context of the following news items.
Pan Am Games: 4 members of Cuban rowing team defect to US …
Four Cuban rowers have defected to the U.S. during the Pan Am Games, according to the team's coach, a move one agent says is likely due to economic ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
US rower sets off on solo rowing trip from Japan to San Francisco
An American woman has set off from Japan in a small custom-designed boat with the goal of becoming the first female to row solo across the Pacific. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
Washington Huskies make rowing history with fifth consecutive …
The UW men's varsity eight took home the program's fifth consecutive trophy by beating arch-rival Cal at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association championship ... «seattlepi.com, May 15»
Olympic rowing at Rio 2016 could be delayed because of water …
In this April 16, 2015 file photo, a man rows in the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, where Olympic rowing competitions are slated to be held during the 2016 games, ... «The Denver Post, May 15»
Tonnes of dead fish removed from Rio Olympic rowing venue
Brazilian workers have removed more than 33 tonnes of dead fish from the 2016 Olympic rowing and canoeing venue in Rio de Janeiro. A team of more than 60 ... «BBC News, Apr 15»
Rio's 2016 Olympic rowing course clogged by tonnes of dead fish …
Nineteen tonnes (21 tons) of dead fish have been removed from Rio de Janeiro's Rodrigo de Freitas lake, where the Olympic rowing and canoeing events take ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
Rowers attacked by flying Asian carp
(CNN) It was a typical practice day for the Washington University of rowing ... Thankfully, no rowers were injured during the ordeal, but the strong smell of fish ... «CNN, Apr 15»
Boat Races 2015: Oxford, Cambridge & the fight for equality
... four years ago the women's race had absolutely no money in it," says Morrissey, a Cambridge graduate with no background in rowing, who has nine children. «BBC News, Apr 15»
Winklevoss Twins Aren't the Only Family Team Rowing in the Same …
Lynn, 57, rowed in numerous Head of the Charles mixed doubles races with her husband Charley, until he died in 2001 due to complications from ALS. «Boston.com, Oct 14»
Georgetown Men's Rowing to Compete at the 50th Head of the …
WASHINGTON – The Georgetown men's rowing squad travels north to Boston this weekend with its heavyweight and lightweight varsity eights competing at the ... «Georgetown University Official Athletic Site, Oct 14»
