It’s not a question of whether you will hurt, or of how much you will hurt; it’s a question of what you will do, and how well you will do it, while pain has her wanton way with you.Daniel James Brown
He learned that it wasn’t so much what he now knew that had the power to change things, it was what he still needed to learn. After all, there is such a thing as knowledge that can crush a man’s soul; there’s a poverty of ambition that can be overcome with a wealth of desire.Daniel James Brown
Only weeks ago he had been a boy. Now, with these oars in his hands, he was becoming a man. Every stroke was a question asked, every response a truth revealed.Daniel James Brown
Harmony, balance, and rhythm. They're the three things that stay with you your whole life. Without them civilization is out of whack. And that's why an oarsman, when he goes out in life, he can fight it, he can handle life. That's what he gets from rowing.Daniel James Brown
Where is the spiritual value of rowing?...The losing of self entirely to the cooperative effort of the crew as a whole.Daniel James Brown
It was not so much their shared humiliation that bound the boys together—though that was certainly a part of it—as what they went through to get there.Daniel James Brown
People don’t become world-class anything by tickling their comfort zones.Daniel James Brown
The boat was a shared dream, a shared vision. It wasn't about winning. It was about honor, about respect. It was about proving that you measured up.Joe Rantz
Perhaps the seeds of redemption lay not just in perseverance, hard work, and rugged individualism. Perhaps they lay in something more fundamental—the simple notion of everyone pitching in and pulling together.Daniel James Brown
In rowing, you're always striving for that perfect stroke, that repetition, each one being as good as the last. Same thing with making, you're trying to make each one perfect.Daniel James Brown