Quotes About Swimming

I meditate - very pretentious - and I try to read as much as I can and swim at the Y.

Learning how to swim is the biggest achievement for me, as it helped me get rid of hydrophobia. Now I have become a complete water baby.

I swim a lot, almost every day. I just go out to the beach by my place in Malibu and jump into the ocean.

I am just not a water baby. I can swim, but I just don't.

It's good to put on some lube under your wetsuit, so I tend to use a lot of baby oil on my arms and legs. It stops you chafing and helps you get your wetsuit off after the swim.

Growing up, I was a water baby. We lived near a lake, had a pool in our backyard, and as soon as I was old enough, I joined a swim team. By 10, I was winning local events.

The key to building long muscle as you swim is stretching arms far ahead of you in the water, sort of like a swan.

All my black friends can't swim. Is that bad?

I would love to live in Dorset or Devon and swim in the sea every day come rain or shine.

I love to keep fit, so I swim everyday and hit the gym for an hour daily.

I love seeing other people swim quickly, it gives you a bit more motivation to keep pushing and get the best out of yourself.

Mum used to take us to Breach Candy on the number 63 bus. After school, we'd swim, ride horses, play rugby.

In one session, I saw a lady and a man learn to swim for the first time. Within an hour, the man swam front crawl for half a length, and the lady finished a full length with her head under water.

I know I'm enough with or without the gold medals. I just love to swim.

A lot of the time, when I swim, I close my eyes because it is definitely lonely.

I learnt to swim at the age of four or five. My parents took me to a club where you go from learning to swim to competing.

I can't swim. I've got better, but I can't go out of my depth. As soon as I smell chlorine my heart starts racing.

Coming from a barely clothed childhood as a swimmer makes me really comfortable with my body.

Everything I do in the gym translates to being a better swimmer.

I was a competitive swimmer in middle school and high school.

I think everybody pees in the pool. It's kind of a normal thing to do for swimmers.

After watching the Athens Paralympics in 2004, I looked at the swimmers and thought, that's cool. I want to do that.

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'm a great swimmer, probably due to the size of my feet.