Quotes About Determination

Obviously, swimming is my strength, but I'm also good at fencing.

I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage.

Grime reminds me that swimming is very gladiatorial.

After my cancer diagnosis, I really took my swimming to a new level.

I want to get up at 6 A.M. and go swimming and do 30 lengths.

I grew up in Florida, so you start swimming at the age of 1, really. By 10, I was competitive swimming, and by 12, I had aspirations to be the best in the world.

I think I'm going to my grave without swimming from Cuba to Florida.

I started swimming when I was four because my brother wanted to join a swim team, and I wanted to do what he did. They said I had to be six, but if I could swim a lap, then I could participate. So I swam a lap, and the rest is history.

Back in my mind, I never, ever wanted to give up swimming; it was something that I would carry on with.

The doctors told me my hearing would get worse if I continued swimming, but I loved the water so much, I just couldn't stop.

I can't imagine what I would be doing if I wasn't swimming. It is what I want to do now; it is what I want to do in the foreseeable future, and that is what I'm focusing on.

Swimming is great because there are levels of goals. First, when I was four, it was making it to the other end and overcoming the fear of standing up in front of everybody at a swim meet because I was such a shy kid.

I've actually medalled in every single swimming meet except for the Olympics, so that's the goal. I want to get on that podium - I really do. But for me, that's not something I can control... so I will be happy with going out there and swimming a race that I'm proud of.

I was always a very competitive little kid. I did swimming very competitively, downhill skiing very competitively. Everything was competition.

Swimming is still very much a part of me.

I did javelin, swimming, long distance running. But the reason I did these other sports was because of boxing. I didn't want to get sidetracked.

Swimming, it's the best job.

I grew up watching swimming and amazing athletes in Australia and grew up wanting to do the same.

Maybe it's part of being an athlete, but I feel like we're really good, especially in swimming, about just pushing things down and pushing ahead.

The Swimsuit competition hasn't ever been about being sexy. It's about showcasing your dedication to your health and fitness and how you exude confidence.

I don't think too much about mechanics. I just like to go up there and swing. It's more than my swing, though. It's my mindset. I always go to home plate with a plan.

Swing at strikes. You've got to swing at strikes.

The only way you can get a hit is if you take a swing.

Sometimes I chase, but I'd rather swing at a close pitch than take it for strike three.