In rowing as in life, there are competitors and there are racers. The competitor works hard and rows to his limit. The racer does not think of limits, only the race.

Rowing is a sport for dreamers. As long as you put in the work, you can own the dream.

If you want to know why you didn't make a boat -- I'll tell you. You're just out there hammering the water. You're killing fish, not rowing.

In his late forties, an age when men settle to comforts and seek a firm base, Paul began his roughest travels.

Good and evil are a great deal more complex than a princess and a dragon, or a wolf and a scarlet-clad little girl. And is not the dragon the hero of his own story?

Self-acknowledgment boosts your emotional and spiritual immunity, giving you the strength you need to release the past and rise above fear, doubt or resignation.

I do not care so much for the death of my gunner, as for other passages of my voyage, for I have good friends in England that will bring me off for that.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

I am not myself in any degree ashamed of having changed my opinions.

I loved being a judge, and sometimes I miss the power of the gavel, but this is a lot more fun.

I also have two dogs, a Chihuahua and a Yorkshire terrier, so if they like him, that's a good sign.

There is price you pay when you want freedom of speech. You must be willing to accept the good the bad and the ugly when trying something out of the box.

Success makes enemies of those who would have never been true friends.