This is stunningly inspiring as applied to rowing. But this idea of the "inches" all around us and right in front of our face, and the idea of being so devoted that you feel willing to die for what you're doing, are really amazing metaphors for something deeper--for life. I think rowers get emotional about this because they understand that. Sometimes when I'm rowing I feel like I'm fighting against my own demons. It makes you better.
Hello. Just wanted to let you know that I started watching this video when I rowed in college in 2013. I continue to use it for motivation in everything I do, 8 years later. Thank you for this video!!!
this is seriously the one of most inspirational speeches ever. wether it be applied to rowing, or any other sport. whatever it's applied to it makes sense. i watch this before every race and it never fails to put me in the mindset of doing whatever it takes to win.
Every time the night before a race, and every time I lose one, I watch this video. It gets me psyched for the day after, gets my blood pumping and reminds me why I row. Perfection.
Our coach just showed this to our college rowing team yesterday and I was blown away. I typically love to watch motivational speeches and videos, and this one was truly one the best. Now I can't stop listening to it. =)
I'm a rower out oa small tow clb, an this as to be the best rowing clip ever. i've been to the big regattas across north america, i can relate to it, and it is truly moving.
It's the start of the year. It's getting cold. I'm losing motivation, I'm most certainly am not gonna be in the number one boat. I search for inspiration. And in that speech, I find all the inspiration I need. Now, my blood is circulating for one reason: rowing. To achieve those goals we all dream of, but never think we'll reach. I have honestly never gotten goosebumps by watching a video. Up till now.
Thanks for making this video Kevin, it's really powerful. And if you ever read this, I thought I might let you know, you're a wonderful coach. All I ever want to do is make you proud. I give my 100% Again, thanks for your patience and support everyday. Your kind words never go unnoticed and always brighten my day and motivate me. Thankyou.
THIS SPEECH always gets me pumped before a race. THIS SPEECH makes me pull that little bit harder every stroke of the way. THIS SPEECH picks me up after a mistake or a bad race. i crabbed at nat schools this year and our boat lost. i was crushed. but THIS SPEECH inspired me to get up, and train harder.
I was lucky enough to have two great coaches for my first year of rowing... Wes Piermarini was one of my coaches, and he was in the Beijing Olympics(pn.air). Such an inspiratio
This is what this video did to me: it was about 10 pm when I watched it. Afterwards, I climbed on my erg and put in the hardest 60 mins post season. I felt good. Thanks!
the canadian team.. around 5 years ago now had another sweet video. had songs like the distance by cake and renegades of funk. im just wondering if anyone knows of it.... This is still the greatest pump up video i have ever seen though
So many people underestimate how tough rowing is. When people say they are "tired" we are more tired, when people say they have really "hurt" during sport they haven't really hurt. Haha rowing brings a new meaning to those words.
This video is awesome! I just started rowing this year and its level of intensity is something I have never experienced. It's talks like this that can truly fire up a team to win. I agree with 1GGY-- the video really sums up the sport as a whole. Excellent job.
rowing is like a drug you know you dont want to do it but there is something that just keeps drawing you back but still great vid very nicely done rowing love it very hard not forthe weak heart big ups to the vid keep em comeing:)
I don't care who said this, and I don't care that this is a speech about the supposed glory of football. This is, and forever will be, a speech about rowing
you're right, but sometimes that drive to compete in you dies out.. and you want to sit at the back with the rest of society, and WATCH others compete.. it's a speech like this that brings that desire to win back to life
You will dream that sound for more than 50 years!! And your stroke will get better in those dreams,,,,,,,,,and when you are on the paddle again,,,,it will be good!!!!
rowing is actually, as some shirts state, the only sport that derived from a form of capital punishment. rowing has been around for over a thousand years! rowing is not a hobby but a lifestyle. thats why i enjoy it.
,,,,the comradeship of teamwork, the joint effort producing an almost mystical intimacy when everything is clicking together perfectly. The unity is most sensual in its intensity, and one forgives one's crewmates everything, all their annoying little quirks and habits, for those moments of bliss. There is in short nothing quite like it and those who have not been throught it have missed a life-enhancing experience. ,,, "
I won my last race of the season by 0.1 seconds in spring i had 2 races that i won by even less 0.09 and 0.07 seconds. Live hard, Train harder, Race hardest. ...God damn i love this sport
@cactaylor4 have you ever rowed? Made it into the Semi- Final of a big event, like Henley, or Head of The Charles? Let alone a final event. Those races are always on top of the others. At the end of the race, you pull your guts out but all you needed was a few more inches to get to that final, or get that gold, thats what hurts. You take off 30 some seconds off your time, but it doesn't mater. Thats a whole new world of hope. I'm not cutting down triathlon, but just saying what rowing is...PAIN!
@niueanskier Thats the truth I always thought it was for puffs but then I started and I realised how much it takes to be good and the best thing is knowing your working for the team and your team is working for you too!!
This video is very true. Yesterday at the SSRA Nationals we lost placing in the finals by .004 seconds. That's about the length of a quarter centimeter. I went my hardest but if everyone on my team wasn't willing to kill themselves, then in the end it doesn't matter.
We have a head race in 2 days at Cities. We gotta be top 6 out of 14 to advance and I know that this video helped me to realize that we can do it. We will win on Sunday.
Yea Yamahonda, I was never at the level you were at, but I was on an NCAA division I team and I know of a few people that died after races at that level. And to get to the top we all have to start somewhere, I started at a high school club. Just because some of us will never make it to an national team or Olympic level doesn't mean we don't contribute to the sport. A girl I rowed with in school who's making it wouldn't have been scouted cuz she wouldn't have had anyone to row with.
ya good point man. I think he knows a bit more about rowing then you do thisisinstant. And this video is dope. i only wish that the other rowing canada video was on youtube. the one with renagades of funk and the distance.. its as sweet.
This video never gets old. It's always about that inch.
This is stunningly inspiring as applied to rowing.
But this idea of the "inches" all around us and right in front of our face, and the idea of being so devoted that you feel willing to die for what you're doing, are really amazing metaphors for something deeper--for life. I think rowers get emotional about this because they understand that. Sometimes when I'm rowing I feel like I'm fighting against my own demons. It makes you better.
Hello. Just wanted to let you know that I started watching this video when I rowed in college in 2013. I continue to use it for motivation in everything I do, 8 years later. Thank you for this video!!!
Same here!!!!
Brings a tear to my eye everytime I listen to this, such a powerful message that rings so true
this is seriously the one of most inspirational speeches ever. wether it be applied to rowing, or any other sport. whatever it's applied to it makes sense. i watch this before every race and it never fails to put me in the mindset of doing whatever it takes to win.
Every time the night before a race, and every time I lose one, I watch this video. It gets me psyched for the day after, gets my blood pumping and reminds me why I row. Perfection.
Our coach just showed this to our college rowing team yesterday and I was blown away. I typically love to watch motivational speeches and videos, and this one was truly one the best.
Now I can't stop listening to it. =)
good times back then when I used to row. The best sport in the whole world
I'm a rower out oa small tow clb, an this as to be the best rowing clip ever. i've been to the big regattas across north america, i can relate to it, and it is truly moving.
It's the start of the year. It's getting cold. I'm losing motivation, I'm most certainly am not gonna be in the number one boat. I search for inspiration. And in that speech, I find all the inspiration I need. Now, my blood is circulating for one reason: rowing. To achieve those goals we all dream of, but never think we'll reach. I have honestly never gotten goosebumps by watching a video. Up till now.
amazing... gets my blood flowing and makes the hairs on my back stand up...makes me want to get back on the water and race..loved it
Thanks for making this video Kevin, it's really powerful. And if you ever read this, I thought I might let you know, you're a wonderful coach. All I ever want to do is make you proud. I give my 100%
Again, thanks for your patience and support everyday. Your kind words never go unnoticed and always brighten my day and motivate me.
Thankyou.
this pumped up my crew so well for our Head of the River in Aus. Its tomorrow morning. This is just what we needed
This video reliably makes me choke up, and sometimes actually shed tears, like just now.
I love rowing soo much and this video makes me wish season wasn't over. next spring can't come fast enough!!
Sooo inspirational. I listen to this before every race.
one of the best videos on youtube.. truly explains the sport itself and its philosophy
this video gets me up every morning and on the water, I just love it.
This video still gives me chills
This would be a good video to watch before a race. It's so inspirational!
This video is freaking awesome. The speech is just perfect.
Gives me goosebumps every time...
I just had an oargasm
THIS SPEECH always gets me pumped before a race. THIS SPEECH makes me pull that little bit harder every stroke of the way. THIS SPEECH picks me up after a mistake or a bad race. i crabbed at nat schools this year and our boat lost. i was crushed. but THIS SPEECH inspired me to get up, and train harder.
Kevin - really, really lovely summation. Seeing Elk still gives me chills, and sends me right back. Rowing Canada has my heart, always!
Still watch this regularly before a hard session
Still doing it
Rowing is a amazing sport and i love doing it
i think i couldn't live without!!
I was lucky enough to have two great coaches for my first year of rowing... Wes Piermarini was one of my coaches, and he was in the Beijing Olympics(pn.air). Such an inspiratio
this is the most amazing rowing video i've ever seen. truly inspirational. this is why i row.
this has pumped me up countless times before a race :)
this makes me love rowing more than ever in my life, i want to row until i die now
This is what this video did to me: it was about 10 pm when I watched it. Afterwards, I climbed on my erg and put in the hardest 60 mins post season. I felt good. Thanks!
The most powerful rowing speech I've ever heard
This could bring tears to my eyes. I love my fucking sport.
Watching this before finals=success
the canadian team.. around 5 years ago now had another sweet video. had songs like the distance by cake and renegades of funk. im just wondering if anyone knows of it.... This is still the greatest pump up video i have ever seen though
I LOVE THIS MOVIE
ya, rowing is life. can't say it any other way.
So many people underestimate how tough rowing is. When people say they are "tired" we are more tired, when people say they have really "hurt" during sport they haven't really hurt. Haha rowing brings a new meaning to those words.
Powerful stuff. It makes my blood flow so fast it almost starts burning in my veins!
Pain is temporary,
Victory is for ever.
showed this to my team before league championships, we got those inches and won
This video is awesome! I just started rowing this year and its level of intensity is something I have never experienced. It's talks like this that can truly fire up a team to win. I agree with 1GGY-- the video really sums up the sport as a whole. Excellent job.
Listened to this right before states, we are now state champions.
Man, This got me soooo hyped before my final at nationals. It worked too...
rowing is like a drug you know you dont want to do it but there is something that just keeps drawing you back
but still great vid very nicely done rowing love it very hard not forthe weak heart big ups to the vid keep em comeing:)
dude rowing is life
I don't care who said this, and I don't care that this is a speech about the supposed glory of football. This is, and forever will be, a speech about rowing
best freakin' rowing video ever
this video is amazing seeing as how I train by these guys almost everyday!!! nicely done
you're right, but sometimes that drive to compete in you dies out.. and you want to sit at the back with the rest of society, and WATCH others compete.. it's a speech like this that brings that desire to win back to life
showed this to my eight before league championships, we got those inches and won
1 word......
inspirational
Great video. I think I'll try and get myself back in shape to go to the Canadian Henley next year. Officially inspired!
You will dream that sound for more than 50 years!! And your stroke will get better in those dreams,,,,,,,,,and when you are on the paddle again,,,,it will be good!!!!
i've got my first rowing competition today.. i'm freaking nervous.. this video is pumping me up
THIS IS JUST YES FOR ROWING JUST YES.
rowing is actually, as some shirts state, the only sport that derived from a form of capital punishment.
rowing has been around for over a thousand years!
rowing is not a hobby but a lifestyle. thats why i enjoy it.
This is awesome i see my coach! Seat 4 in the mens four. Love the video too
Great video for training to go to the 2005 Canada Summer games for Rowing.
I love Team GB, but Canada are good, and this speech is one of the reasons why so many people can do what they can.
,,,,the comradeship of teamwork, the joint effort producing an almost mystical intimacy when everything is clicking together perfectly. The unity is most sensual in its intensity, and one forgives one's crewmates everything, all their annoying little quirks and habits, for those moments of bliss. There is in short nothing quite like it and those who have not been throught it have missed a life-enhancing experience. ,,, "
This is so motivating and inspirational! I can apply this to everything in life.
EXCELENTE TU EDICION, TE FELICITO.
I won my last race of the season by 0.1 seconds in spring i had 2 races that i won by even less 0.09 and 0.07 seconds. Live hard, Train harder, Race hardest. ...God damn i love this sport
So inspirational!
Rowing for live guys. I LOVE IT!!!
My cousin was on that rowing team :) so proud
very good photography and well made.
La plus belle vidéo d'aviron!!
best speech ever!
@cactaylor4 have you ever rowed? Made it into the Semi-
Final of a big event, like Henley, or Head of The Charles? Let alone a final event. Those races are always on top of the others. At the end of the race, you pull your guts out but all you needed was a few more inches to get to that final, or get that gold, thats what hurts. You take off 30 some seconds off your time, but it doesn't mater. Thats a whole new world of hope. I'm not cutting down triathlon, but just saying what rowing is...PAIN!
this is so inspirational
i know every single word to this... listen to it before every race :) gives me goosebumps everytime
this video keeps me training!
i love this video! what he is saying is tru you have to fight for everything in rowing!
just won school boy listening to this with my 8, dirty pump ups
stroke seat of men's pair at 1:40 is crazy jacked out of his mind
This is the only thing that can motivate me to do a 5x2000 erg piece :)
awesome.
this video gives me such good feelings! lol
crew is LIFE!
Goosebumps!!
Rowers are the best in bed because their stroke is powerful and it never stops.
This is the best video
@niueanskier Thats the truth I always thought it was for puffs but then I started and I realised how much it takes to be good and the best thing is knowing your working for the team and your team is working for you too!!
This video is very true. Yesterday at the SSRA Nationals we lost placing in the finals by .004 seconds. That's about the length of a quarter centimeter. I went my hardest but if everyone on my team wasn't willing to kill themselves, then in the end it doesn't matter.
Play this every time I race, fucking amazing motivation...
I've listened, I've watched...
... and now I'm gonna go out there and race the hardest ive done!
skuyllkill regattta...best race ever
We have a head race in 2 days at Cities. We gotta be top 6 out of 14 to advance and I know that this video helped me to realize that we can do it. We will win on Sunday.
I love this video
rowing is my life
@ImaNZLongboarder It's in the movie "Any Given Sunday" and Al Pacino gives the speech. I'm sure you can find it on google or imdb...
Yea Yamahonda, I was never at the level you were at, but I was on an NCAA division I team and I know of a few people that died after races at that level. And to get to the top we all have to start somewhere, I started at a high school club. Just because some of us will never make it to an national team or Olympic level doesn't mean we don't contribute to the sport. A girl I rowed with in school who's making it wouldn't have been scouted cuz she wouldn't have had anyone to row with.
I see this video before a regatta thanks man thanks for upload this... now I've got a regatta (my english is bad, sorry).
thats crazy...my first year of rowing my coach was sam stitt and he rowed in the mens quad in Beijing
WOOT! WE DID IT! SILVER MEDAL AND OUR BOW POPPED HIS SEAT!
we were gold until he did that, and it was like that for the last 150 metres :D
2k today... Gotta watch this video.
"6 inches in front of your face" hahahahahhahaha xD
AMAZING
ya good point man. I think he knows a bit more about rowing then you do thisisinstant. And this video is dope. i only wish that the other rowing canada video was on youtube. the one with renagades of funk and the distance.. its as sweet.