The hardest part of rowing properly: Eyes and Minds in The Boat!

When eight row together with swing the boat becomes the ninth rower.

Fitness - Focus - Form.

The concentration of all seven behind the stroke should be so strong that you know by feel when that stroke has varied his style or rating without the cox announcing it.

Still loving the sport; still working on the focus.

Let the boat work - and not me!

Follow the stroke - or be the stroke that the rest can follow.

Why don't I just go against all reason, ignore past experiences and fall in love with you?

And we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while the Southern part tries to secede.

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.

The first two movies I directed failed, when I was 21 and 23, and that was the greatest thing that could have happened.

These poor rich men, we anglers pity them perfectly.

Our brains will destroy ourselves if we don't put it outward.

I try not to define my own music. I think we are the only ones in the genre that's of our own creation.

My deep belief is that all of us have the same lifelong work: to learn honesty, courage, and love. To learn, in other words, how to be our best selves.

The world becomes a wider place, with but a little learning.

Anybody who's mad should run for something.