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George Yeoman Pocock was one of the key figures in the history of rowing. The descendant of generations of accomplished boatmakers in England, Pocock grew up learning about the subtleties of rowing and woodworking, and by the time he was twenty, had already become a highly accomplished designer of rowing shells. Pocock didn’t come from a wealthy family, but he had the talent and ambition to educate himself far beyond what was expected of his class at the time. After moving to the United States, Pocock became the world’s premiere builder of rowing shells, and throughout the 1930s, he was a key mentor and advisor on the University of Washington rowing team. In particular, Pocock sympathized with Joe Rantz’s working-class anxieties and uncertainties.
George Yeoman Pocock Quotes in The Boys in the Boat
The The Boys in the Boat quotes below are all either spoken by George Yeoman Pocock or refer to George Yeoman Pocock. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 12
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Pocock paused and stepped back from the frame of the shell and put his hands on his hips, carefully studying the work he had so far done. He said for him the craft of building a boat was like religion. It wasn't enough to master the technical details of it. You had to give yourself up to it spiritually; you had to surrender yourself absolutely to it. When you were done and walked away from the boat, you had to feel that you had left a piece of yourself behind in it forever, a bit of your heart.
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Chapter 16
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The Americans marched awkwardly on around the track and onto the infield to the strains of the "Deutschlandlied." George Pocock would later say that when they heard the strains of the German anthem they began to march deliberately out of step with the music.
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George Yeoman Pocock Quotes in The Boys in the Boat
The The Boys in the Boat quotes below are all either spoken by George Yeoman Pocock or refer to George Yeoman Pocock. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 12
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Pocock paused and stepped back from the frame of the shell and put his hands on his hips, carefully studying the work he had so far done. He said for him the craft of building a boat was like religion. It wasn't enough to master the technical details of it. You had to give yourself up to it spiritually; you had to surrender yourself absolutely to it. When you were done and walked away from the boat, you had to feel that you had left a piece of yourself behind in it forever, a bit of your heart.
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Chapter 16
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The Americans marched awkwardly on around the track and onto the infield to the strains of the "Deutschlandlied." George Pocock would later say that when they heard the strains of the German anthem they began to march deliberately out of step with the music.
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