"Stepping outside your comfort zone is supposed to feel uncomfortable because we're in new and unfamiliar territory. Being uncomfortable is a sign of success, NOT of failure! So if we are uncomfortably outside our comfort zones, then than means we are growing!!! And THAT is cause for celebration!" (modified from a passage in Roz Savage's "Rowing the Atlantic")

Compared with the awesome might and eternal power of the ocean, no human being can fail to be reminded of their own insignificance.

Fall down nine times, get up ten.

Be mindful of the link between present action and desired future outcome. Ask yourself: if I repeat today’s actions 365 times, will I be where I want to be in a year?

Ocean rowing is very much what you make it. Rowing technique is pretty irrelevant on the ocean. It's the psychology that's important.

I'm not claiming to be anything out of the ordinary. I am not especially big or strong or brave or intrepid.

I have learned to acknowledge and appreciate the 98% that I have achieved instead of the 2% that I didn't.