Quotes About Individuality

I'm not an outdoor girl. I can barely swim. I don't ride a horse.

Whatever other people expect me to do, whatever they're comparing me to, I don't care. I'm just trying to swim fast.

I made a name for myself as someone who is determined to swim against the stream if it's dirty.

Whenever you're trying to do your own take on a classic piece of literature, it's almost like you're trying to swim up your own stream or drive down your own path.

Oh, I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't see me doing laps in a pool.

People wanted to be friends with me for not the right reasons. They'd introduce me to somebody else as the Olympian or the swimmer. I didn't want to stand out. I wanted to blend in.

I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't see me doing laps in a pool.

It's kind of a loping stroke. It's not the prettiest stroke. But it's what's most efficient for me. And I think I kick a little more than most swimmers do.

I love swimming, but swimming can't be my entire identity, my entire world.

I think for most people it's hard to understand what it is about swimming - I mean it's such a solo endeavour.

I'd go to swim practice, put my face in the water, and I didn't have to talk to anybody. Swimming was like my escape, but it was also like this huge prison because I felt like I had to swim up to people's standards.

I think I'd struggle to get excited by synchronised swimming.

I'm a big believer in everybody being themselves. If not doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, that's great. But if doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, then you should be able to do it. What I do outside the car adds to who I am and expresses a different side of me.

To look good in a swimsuit one needs to know what suits one's particular shape.

I think Billie is the kind of girl who would let her hips swing loose.

When I first started out, I was really attracted to having my own sense of style because I started swing dancing, lindy hop, and jitterbug.

I think I have my own sort of distinctive swing, for sure. I think that's something that comes really natural to me, to push against the beat and kind of explore a triplet feel behind everything just to see what that feels like.

I rely on swing to get wickets, and I continue to do it that way. I have never tried to copy others.

A couple things I'm gonna be remembered for: the hat backwards and the swing. And the smile.

I had a baseball swing my whole life. When I was growing up, everyone had a different, very specific softball swing that was very short. And I had a big stride and I had, you know, a baseball swing, and people did not like it.

There's a bunch of different ways to play the game of golf. You don't need to play it one way. It doesn't need to be one swing that's perfect out there.

But if I feel comfortable swinging in a short skirt or shorts, if I feel athletic and strong and confident, I can do that, and you shouldn't call me certain names for it.

History has always been a series of pendulum swings, but the individual doesn't have to get caught in that.

I hear stories of kids trying to swipe left or right on books - we have to rein that back a bit and not become drones ourselves. The more we embrace it, the more machine-like we risk becoming.