I saw rowing in the Olympics and I said, 'I want to do that. That's my sport,' ... I had always been a swimmer, but when I saw rowing, I said, 'That's it.'

She came to my house one day and said, 'I'm taking you rowing. You don't need to see to row. Let's just go and do this,'

There's way more pressure cooking for cooks than rowing at the Olympics.

And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

For me and for John, it really kind of opened the minds of people from all over world to open their boathouses to people who are blind, ... I've gained so much (from rowing), I'd love to see people all over the world get the same pleasure and opportunity I had.

It was like traveling with a rock star, ... When I see her stand up to talk in front of hundreds of people and see the self-assurance she has, É it's hard not to be proud of her.