Swimming Quotes by Esther Williams

With two little boys in diapers, I had to keep it simple if I were going to have a life at all.

— Esther Williams

The newspapers loved pinup pictures of pretty young swimmers, and as a national champion, I got more than my share of space in the…

— Esther Williams

I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers

— Esther Williams

I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant.

— Esther Williams

Even though I had a lucrative contract with MGM, I had a husband who was drinking and gambling our money away faster than I…

— Esther Williams

I was all in gold sequins for Million Dollar Mermaid, 50 feet in the air

— Esther Williams

The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.

— Esther Williams

We can't all win Olympic medals. Even I never won one.

— Esther Williams

Life magazine ran a page featuring me and three other girls that was clearly the precursor of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues

— Esther Williams

The animus is symbolized by male figures appearing in a womans dreams and fantasies, as a husband, son, father, lover, Prince Charming.

— Esther Williams

Critics established a snobbery toward me.

— Esther Williams

By the time I got home at night, my eyes were so chlorinated I saw rings around every light.

— Esther Williams

Which Esther Williams do you want to hear about?

— Esther Williams

My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me…

— Esther Williams

I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as…

— Esther Williams