The most venomous animal that lives in the ocean is the box jellyfish. And every one of those barbs is sending that venom into this central nervous system. So first I feel like boiling hot oil I've been dipped in.… — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
The box jellyfish takes you into an area of what I'd call science fiction. You feel like you've been dipped in hot burning oil. You burst into flames. — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues. — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
You don't simply tell someone to get out there and win the tennis match. You say 'move your feet' or 'watch the fuzz on… — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
I want to see all the countries in the world and learn all the languages. I want to have thousands of friends and I want all my friends to be different. I want to play six instruments. I want to be the best in the world at two things. I want to be a great athlete and I want to… — Diana Nyad Copy Share
The spirit is larger than the body. The body is pathetic compared to what we have inside us — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
I don't want to be the crazy woman who does it for years and years and years, and tries and fails and tries and… — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
The most venomous animal that lives in the ocean is the box jellyfish. And every one of those barbs is sending that venom into… — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
I have three messages," said the breathless Nyad."One is we should never ever give up. Two is you are never too old to chase… — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
There is... nothing greater than touching the shore after crossing some great body of water knowing that I've done it with my own two… — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
A lot of athletes have this sort of invincibility: [The jellyfish] should worry about me. I don't worry about them. I'll just swim right… — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
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