" Then the coxswain called out, 'Ready all!' Joe turned and faced the rear of the boat, slid his seat forward, sank the white blade of his oar into the oil-black water, tensed his muscles, and waited for the command that would propel him forward into the glimmering darkness. "

― Daniel James Brown , The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics