--- title: "10 Wanted Swim Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Wanted Swim quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Wanted Swim sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/michael-phelps-2388_crowds_i-treat-every-race-the-same-we-all-wante_2908385.jpg" --- > [I treat every race the same. We all wanted to swim fast today and give something back to the crowd.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/i-treat-every-race-the-same-we-all-wanted-to-swim-fast-today-and-give/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/michael-phelps-2388_crowds_i-treat-every-race-the-same-we-all-wante_2908385.jpg) > [I always wanted to swim the Channel, which is insane.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-rice/i-always-wanted-to-swim-the-channel-which-is-insane/) [Tim Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-rice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cf/tim-rice-11697_always_i-always-wanted-to-swim-the-channel-whic_2473558.png) > [Yes, here I am returning, the woman who bore herself to the bottom and back. Who wanted to swim like dolphins, leaping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/yes-here-i-am-returning-the-woman-who-bore-herself-to-the-bottom-and/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f9/sue-monk-kidd-404_bores_yes-here-i-am-returning-the-woman-who-bo_700548.png) > [“And you can still see the sea!" She wanted to swim there, immediately- she had a childlike urge of excitement at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-lawrenson/and-you-can-still-see-the-sea-she-wanted-to-swim-there-immediately/) [Deborah Lawrenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-lawrenson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/754/deborah-lawrenson-24315_cliffs_and-you-can-still-see-the-sea-she-wanted_2202091.png) > [My daughter saw this billboard for this place: 'Swim With the Dolphins.' She goes, 'I wanna do that.' I said, 'It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-schimmel/my-daughter-saw-this-billboard-for-this-place-swim-with-the-dolphins/) [Robert Schimmel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-schimmel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/634/robert-schimmel-22245_billboards_my-daughter-saw-this-billboard-for-this_1535195.jpg) > [“... Now what brings you down here? Want to work out?" "No. I wondered if you wanted to go for a swim.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colleen-houck/now-what-brings-you-down-here-want-to-work-out-no-i-wondered-if-you/) [Colleen Houck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colleen-houck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/072/colleen-houck-1066_kelsey_now-what-brings-you-down-here-want-to-wo_414124.png) > [ “She \[Tate\] wanted to swim but hadn't brought her suit. She considered jumping in her shorts and T-shirt – but she was… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elin-hilderbrand/she-tate-wanted-to-swim-but-hadn-t-brought-her-suit-she-considered/) [Elin Hilderbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elin-hilderbrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/elin-hilderbrand-8069_inspirational_she-tate-wanted-to-swim-but-hadn-t-broug_766615.jpg) > [For as long as I wanted to swim, I also wanted to do something on TV. My best friend in high school,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/summer-sanders/for-as-long-as-i-wanted-to-swim-i-also-wanted-to-do-something-on-tv/) [Summer Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/summer-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca9/summer-sanders-7995_also_for-as-long-as-i-wanted-to-swim-i-also-w_1962115.jpg) > [“I made up my mind right then what I really wanted in my life. It was comfort of a home and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melodie-ramone/i-made-up-my-mind-right-then-what-i-really-wanted-in-my-life-it-was/) [Melodie Ramone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melodie-ramone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/430/melodie-ramone-27167_hope_i-made-up-my-mind-right-then-what-i-real_983952.jpg) > [“First I need to do something.’ He pulled me closer towards him until our lips were almost touching. ‘What might that be?’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-alderson/first-i-need-to-do-something-he-pulled-me-closer-towards-him-until/) [Sarah Alderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-alderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/sarah-alderson-9260_alex_first-i-need-to-do-something-he-pulled-m_2314221.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wanted-swim/#itemlist", "name": "Wanted Swim Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I treat every race the same. 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My eyes flitted to the shadowed hollows where his hips disappeared into his shorts, causing a flutter in parts of my body that up until three weeks ago had been flutter-dormant. Alex’s hands dropped to his shorts and he started undoing his belt. I reassessed the swimming option. I could definitely do swimming. He shrugged off his shorts, but before I could catch an eyeful of anything, he was off, jogging towards the water. I paused for a nanosecond, weighing up my embarrassment at stripping naked over my desire to follow him. With a deep breath, I tore off my dress then kicked off my underwear and started running towards the sea, praying Nate wasn’t doing a fly-by. The water was warm and flat as a bath. I could see Alex in the distance, his skin gleaming in the now inky moonlight. When I got close to him, his hand snaked under the water, wrapped round my waist and pulled me towards him. I didn’t resist because I’d forgotten in that instant how to swim. And then he kissed me and I prayed silently and fervently that he took my shudder to be the effect of the water. I tried sticking myself onto him like a barnacle, but eventually Alex managed to pull himself free, holding my wrists in his hand so I couldn’t reattach. His resolve was as solid as a nuclear bunker’s walls. Alex had said there were always chinks. But I couldn’t seem to find the one in his armour. He swam two long strokes away from me. I trod water and stayed where I was, feeling confused, glad that the night was dark enough to hide my expression. ‘I’m just trying to protect your honour,’ he said, guessing it anyway. I groaned and rolled my eyes. 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