In swimming, especially training out in the ocean and open water, you got fogged-over goggles, you're stuck with your own thoughts -… — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
For previous generations, swimming the English Channel was the feat to accomplish. And that's been done. — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
I grew up in Florida, so you start swimming at the age of 1, really. By 10, I was competitive swimming, and… — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
Swimming is probably the ultimate of burnout sports. It's ironic because millions of people who swim as their regular exercise love the… — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
About the 50th hour, I was going to start thinking about the edge of the universe. Is there an edge? Is this… — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
Just getting in the pool for seven straight hours is unbearable to me.... It's grueling. There's nothing physically pleasurable about it. If… — 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… — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
The spirit is larger than the body. The body is pathetic compared to what we have inside us — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
This is a lifelong dream of mine and I'm very very glad to be with you, — 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
