Hugh Laurie Explains Motivation in Rowing

[@J0hn0977]

Rowing is a my passion, every rower hates it but somehow we keep waking up and going to the boatshed. When you ask a rower why they can never give you a certain answer since they do not know themselves. They do not know the motivation that drives them. Rowing is a passion, and rowers know what it is deep inside

[@ItsCheball]

Johnson Lim Couldn't be more right. That second you finish a 2k, every time you feel like you can't breath, your bones are aching and your muscles are sore, every rower asks themselves why they row. I have heaps of friends ask me why I row. I try and pinpoint a reason, but in truth it's like there is none. All that matters is that I still feel compelled to row season after season. Rowing is indeed a passion. Just a very confusing, difficult and painful passion :D

[@dregsta]

You guys sound like drug addicts , just replace the word row with shooting up and rowers with junkies and you have basically the script to the movie requiem of a dream or basketball diary

[@MikeRoberts1964]

That's actually very accurate. It is an addiction, really. Why else would I have gotten up at 4am, gotten dressed and out the door in the cold of 4:30, rode to the boathouse and wait in the dark to be let in and work my ass off for an hour in the gym, then go across the road to the pool and practice strokes for another hour, then go off to class, then come back to do more pool work or run? It was an addiction.

[@flyingdutchman2649]

6 AM row, when you have 8 other guys (cox) waiting for you, and once you are on the water and finished your first piece, it's worth it!

[@RowingSwiftie25]

I love the people, that’s one thing that keeps me going.

[@pioi7866]

"it's a miserable sport" IT"S SO TRUE but rowing is my life and winning is the best thing ever

[@flyingdutchman2649]

Best description. Think back on that hours long steady state, 5*1500, or 12 by 2 min row, and ultimately that 2k test. However, again, you feel you have achieved so much, and any other fitness sports made you feel easy.

[@TowellytheGreat]

fun fact: he won british nationals in the schoolboy coxed pair. i.e. the most hellish boat ever invented

[@hlysnan6418]

I didn't think I could love Hugh Laurie any more than I did...

[@MrJamesbond22]

Just finished reading THE BOYS IN THE BOAT,about the 1936 Washington U.team that won the gold in the Berlin Games.Hugh's father Ran was on the British team.

[@kenziekandy]

Even more respect for this dude ^.^ Even though I just realized this is probably why my parents put me in crew. My mom is obsessed with both of them.

[@67hermione]

OMFG. Hugh Laurie used to row. This is the best god damn day in my entire life.

[@adamthorntonillustration9281]

He rowed for Cambridge in The Boat Race 🙂

[@Mspamplemousse1]

he is right on about the looking at the people you are beating thing.

[@sorcha123]

Agree 100% when he says it's a miserable sport!

[@Griffinmc]

Classy, Hugh, not to mention your father who rowed in the 1936 Olympics.

[@thomasburns858]

... and, father, Ran Laurie, won a gold medal in the coxless pair at the 1948 London olympics.

[@oneworldfamily]

He was in the Cambridge Blue Boat.

[@andersonrocha1979]

I love Hugh Laurie...

[@TheSocialIrony]

Yay, rowing!!!!!

[@dora_msc]

Omg i love house and now that i know we both used to row 😳

[@crazypianolady]

So so true!

[@cazbutcher6660]

It's called both in america. Crew or rowing. I say "im going to crew" because its shorter and easier to say but when I talk about it I say rowing

[@TanaNanner]

I rowed for a year and loved it, but couldn't keep up with it due to my studies. Even though I adored it, I have to agree. It's a miserable sport.

[@alexdugom]

0:58 Best Part

[@TheTechnoKitteh]

The sport in the U.S. is called technically crew but they don't say "cruise" they say "row" I believe.

[@crayonfish2]

Light double state champion AMA

[@emili9715]

Soooo true :)

[@mungoclarkson]

@wahaya2 While I totally agree with your recommendation, I find it hilarious that people anywhere in the entire world could *not know* about Blackadder. It's like not knowing about eating ...

[@StarryKnight4444]

Does anyone know who is interviewing Laurie? And what news organization is it, by chance? Thank you so much for the help.

[@amct1019]

Very late reply, the interviewer is Craig Ferguson

[@Gregusse]

@MrCamRellim Both he and Craig Ferguson are British (although Craig may be less willing to be upfront about it)

[@moky8moky]

can someone write what he says? pleeeeease :)

[@unicyclemaster470]

been rowing for a while, still don't know what a good win feels like #highschoolstruggle

[@DougKutyna]

Yes. Unfortunately there is very little variability in rowing. It is not uncommon for a team to race all through high school and never place, much less win.

[@unicyclemaster470]

DougKutyna well ya, it's called being bad, schools with old programs and full boat trailers always win, and then theres club teams.

[@blaiseneyroud7222]

Hugh Laurie is right about the rowers seeing the opponents they are beating. But what about the cox ;) ?

[@petergard778]

If your head is down and looking in the boat your airways are not straight, you are not breathing properly and probably exhausted as a result.

[@BoatFullOfJoy]

So hilariously true!

[@balanar4o]

@balanar4o THEN TALK ABOUT ROWING

[@foghornfilms]

@Gregusse thats cause Craig is Scottish and well, most Scots will call them self Scottish first. ;)

[@tootsiekilla]

@capricorn1968 I live in the US too. I row in Exeter, NH. We call it crew.

[@DanimalNinja]

wow he hides his accent super well in House...

[@Lehmann108]

If you’ve never crewed or run cross country you have no fucking idea.

[@MrSister127]

I live in the states and what I do is called rowing, but we don't use those lightweight little fiberglass hulls, I row wooden longboats, I think that it is the truest form of rowing, without any gear or people our boats weigh the same as your boats fully loaded

[@cestlavie259]

i hate how the call it "crew" in the states

[@JohnCBobcat]

Looking at the people you're beating? Not if you have your eyes in the boat like you're supposed to!

[@markC199]

when you are far enough in front, if your focus is of the head in front of you you still see your victims in your peripheral vision. also if you are stroke in a pair or 4- guess what you can see in that position 😜

[@pastnastification69]

The schadenfreude is palpable. You get to SEE your opponent lose.

[@brainslugged7957]

Not only that, but even once you've won, your opponents may still be in the process of losing!