Quotes About Athletics

As a swimmer I know how important it is to be fit, healthy and eat well.

While paralyzed, I won a gold and three silver medals as a competitive swimmer.

Katie Ledecky is the best swimmer in the world. You could say she's impressive with what she can do in a pool.

Both my kids are international swimmers and national champions.

I fell in love with this idea of becoming a swimmer. I knew two strokes at the time but I went and I just loved racing these girls with legs.

People come up to me and say, 'You're that swimmer.'

Michael Phelps wouldn't have been on the Wheaties box if I stuck with swimming. I've been swimming since I was a little kid. I still swim. I'm the best.

For swimming, we don't really have an offseason.

Hitting is like swimming. Once you learn the stroke, you never forget it.

Swimming and athletics are the big gigs at the Olympic games. Cycling and rowing are pretty big for Britain, but globally, the two big things are athletics and swimming.

Swimming is my passion and something that I love.

With swimming, I burn a lot of calories. I'm able to eat pretty much anything and it won't affect me. But I don't.

While swimming was always a spotlight sport, I was, if you will, sort of present at the creation when gymnastics became the new star lead-off hitter.

Is it my fault that there is a stereotype that black people are not good swimmers? I know that's a joke, but somebody will say, 'I can't believe you would say that.' Well, first of all it's just a joke, and second of all if you watch the Olympics, black people win medals in jumping, running. They don't win any in swimming.

I wanted swimming to be something that I loved, something that I was motivated to do for myself.

I love figure skating, so I do that as often as I can. Other than that I just go to the gym or swim. I love swimming.

Actually, I always dreamed about getting a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle in Olympic swimming. I always thought that would be the epic award in sports to get.

A huge part of swimming for me is I love it, and it is so much fun.

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

Swimming's been a part of my life very much so since around age 4, and I never really dropped it.

You're either an Olympian or not in swimming.

I'm really looking forward to just concentrating on the swimming part now instead of what's going on with me outside the pool.

I want people to see the passion I have for swimming and become more involved in the sport.

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.