Quotes About Achievement

The Olympics was a goal, and definitely, swimming in college was a goal.

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

Though I do not know much swimming, I am glad that both my children are getting better at it day by day.

In Libya, I did well at school because I was clever. In Egyptian public school, I got the highest marks for the basest of reasons. And in the American school, I struggled. Everything - mathematics, the sciences, pottery, swimming - had to be conducted in a language I hardly knew and that was neither spoken in the streets nor at home.

Being who I was, I had the best swimming instructor - Duke Kahanamoku - the year after he won the Olympics.

I really live for the racing, the moments in those races where everything slows down even though you're swimming as fast as possible.

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

I've got to go out there and do a job and focus on swimming and do my own thing, and I think us athletes can go out there and perform no matter what... This is what we train to do.

Success is not two cars or a swimming pool. It's the approval of your peers.

I'm not getting recognized because I posed in a swimsuit edition of some magazine, but because of what I do on the field, and that's important to me.

I gave birth to my first son in April 1986. I thought it would be a good goal to get back in shape after having a baby if I ran the New York City Marathon. I ran in it November 1986. I had just shot the 'Sports Illustrated' swimsuit issue, so I was in great shape.

I felt I had 'made it' as a model when I was invited to be the first model to shoot for the 2019 'Sports Illustrated' Swimsuit issue.

When I finally discovered the 'Sports Illustrated' swimsuit issue, I browsed through archives and saw a picture of an incredibly stunning model, Damaris Lewis. Her images inspired me, and I imagined being in the magazine myself. Never in a million years did I dream it would actually happen.

I have the Skinny Dippers swimsuit line coming out, which I'm really proud of and very excited to do.

The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.

There are many Superstars - past and present - I would love to get in the Swing.

I'm at that point in my career you can put up all the numbers you want to, you can swing whatever statistic you want to swing, but it doesn't matter if you don't get to the Super Bowl and win it.

I helped make the Sixties swing, and I'm very proud of that.

If you hit a routine fly ball in the big leagues, you're out every time. If you hit a ground ball, you're probably out a lot of the time as well. But there's a happy medium in there, a way to swing where your misses can still lead to successes.

I've got a high-school swing. I know that. But you know what? It's good enough to get a ball in play.

I wasn't the most talented player as a kid. Whenever I look back at the old footage, I didn't swing it very well and I didn't strike it pretty well, but I managed to score pretty well.

I have improved my pace without losing on the swing. That is something I am really happy about.

I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.

Little old University of Houston jumping up, swinging with the big boys, and that's something to take pride in. I'm happy for our fans, I'm happy for our alumni, but more importantly, I'm happy for our players.