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Quote by Lloyd Cowan
It's hard to watch an athlete almost destroyed.
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The speaker says it is painful or difficult to watch an athlete come close to being destroyed. “Almost destroyed” is a strong expression of severe harm or collapse, without specifying whether the damage is physical, emotional, or connected to performance.
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- Inside the Games
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Between One Stroke and the Next
When a frustrated young rower begins studying her team from the dock, she notices what stronger athletes cannot: their boat is full of separate rhythms. Her observations draw a reluctant boatbuilder back toward coaching—and teach an entire crew how to move together.
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