I am swimming in a sea of words, attempting to keep my…

The support I've received from my sponsors has enabled me to raise the bar in swimming.

— Michael Phelps

I hope that young girls will have the dream and will have experiences. And it might not be in swimming. It might be in…

— Katie Ledecky

Today, let us swim wildly, joyously in gratitude.

— Rumi

I don't want to end up leaving the sport early or hating it because I didn't give myself time to respect the water and…

— Caeleb Dressel

“Papi learned to swim in water that wanted to kill him. That ocean can't be so different; shouldn't be any different. If any man…

— Elizabeth Acevedo

The artist has to be something like a whale swimming with his mouth wide open, absorbing everything until he has what he really needs.

— Romare Bearden

As an older woman now, I feel the pressure more, I feel all those different aspects, I'm more aware of that. Whereas as a…

— Ellie Simmonds

Some people like to focus on other aspects of my life, but first and foremost I am a dedicated and top swimmer.

— Amanda Beard

The fun, joy, and humor dry up in a relationship when one of the partners is swimming in gin. To my way of thinking,…

— Ginger Rogers

If I don't channel pain into a song, I play my guitar or play the piano or play my drums, or go swimming.

— Jimmy Cliff

Outdoors, I have a pool, so I usually swim and stuff. It's usually superhot in California, so we swim.

— Marsai Martin

My mother had been adamant that I learn how to swim properly.

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

Submerging myself in water makes me feel better after travelling. There's something about it that does it for me, and I usually go for…

— Tom Daley

When life gets you down do you wanna know what you've gotta do? Just keep swimming. -Dory

— Finding Nemo

Everybody has a little bit of the sun and moon in them. Everybody has a little bit of man, woman, and animal in them.…

— Suzy Kassem