Steve Fairbairn famous quotes

To improve the oarsman you must improve the man.
-- Steve Fairbairn

#Men #Rowing #He Man

Mileage makes champions
-- Steve Fairbairn

#Champion #Rowing

My dear boy, you are under a wrong impression. It is not a race, it is merely a means of getting crews to do long rows
-- Steve Fairbairn

#Mean #Boys #Race

Is it a particularly British trait to so utterly adore truly appalling men, from Tony Hancock through to Steptoe and Alf Garnett, Captain Mainwaring, Rigsby, Del Boy, Victor Meldrew and on to David Brent from The Office. The most deeply adored characters are all simply vile.

I cannot understand how any man or woman can believe in the Lord's coming and not be a missionary, or at least committed to the work of missions with every power of his being.

We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed in a terrorist attack while sitting in a cafe? How do you mourn a housewife who got on a bus and never returned?

The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.

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

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.

you're rowing by wordlight

Everything comes to the man who won't wait.

A friend of mine always says, ‘Women love me for the man I’m not.’

The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.