Faces Quote by Amanda Beard

I'd go to swim practice, put my face in the water, and I didn't have to talk to anybody. Swimming was like my escape,…

— Amanda Beard

For years I would sit on the side when my friends swam in the water. There is no feeling worse than that, to be…

— Netta Barzilai

I had to pretend to drown. I was underwater, which is scary, and I'm not afraid of water, but people do die underwater.

— Maria Thayer

Swimming forced me to deal with the things I wanted to escape. It helped me work through a lot of feelings and frustrations, because…

— Jessica Long

I used to hate swimming at school so much that I would always sneak downstairs in the middle of the night and take my…

— Charli XCX

In my 20s, I was body surfing in Spain and the current dragged me out. I was waving at my friends who thought I…

— Ainsley Harriott

If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.

— Michael Phelps

It was my first time in prison. I was there to volunteer with Defy Ventures, along with 500 teammates Tara Graham, Brian Wang, and…

— Christine Tsai

I've been going to visit people in prison since I was a kid.

— Yo Gotti

It really was my brother who got me involved in swimming. I wanted to be just like him and do everything he was doing.

— Summer Sanders

When I was on the swim team as a kid, I used to hide out from my coach by going into the bathroom and…

— Jeff Kinney

Drowning is the only thing I do when I'm around you, please become a LifeGuard.

— Marie Davis