Diana Nyad

This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues.

— Diana Nyad

It's not too late, I can still live my dreams.

— Diana Nyad

You don't simply tell someone to get out there and win the tennis match. You say 'move your feet' or 'watch the…

— Diana Nyad

I want to see all the countries in the world and learn all the languages. I want to have thousands of friends…

— Diana Nyad

The spirit is larger than the body. The body is pathetic compared to what we have inside us

— Diana Nyad

This is a lifelong dream of mine and I'm very very glad to be with you,

— Diana Nyad

I don't want to be the crazy woman who does it for years and years and years, and tries and fails and…

— Diana Nyad

The most venomous animal that lives in the ocean is the box jellyfish. And every one of those barbs is sending that…

— Diana Nyad

I have three messages," said the breathless Nyad."One is we should never ever give up. Two is you are never too old…

— Diana Nyad

I have an uncompromising relationship with my goals.

— Diana Nyad

There is... nothing greater than touching the shore after crossing some great body of water knowing that I've done it with my…

— Diana Nyad

A lot of athletes have this sort of invincibility: [The jellyfish] should worry about me. I don't worry about them. I'll just…

— Diana Nyad

The mantra I used was 'find a way.'

— Diana Nyad

I am overwhelmed by the strength of my body and the power of my mind. For one moment, just one second, I…

— Diana Nyad

Every human being on this planet has their pain and their heartache and it's up to all of us to find our…

— Diana Nyad

“Never, ever give up. You're never too old to chase your dreams. It looks like a solitary sport, but really a team…

— Diana Nyad

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

I've never been in any pain, ever, like that in my whole life. Now it's set me so far back, I just…

— Diana Nyad

When you achieve your Dreams It's not so much what you get, It's who you become.

— Diana Nyad

From age eleven to age sixteen I lived a spartan life without the usual adolescent uncertainty. I wanted to be the best…

— Diana Nyad

Endurance is not a young person's game. I thought I might even be better at 60 than I was at 30. You…

— Diana Nyad

My mom just died. We blink and another decade passes. I don't want to reach the end of my life and regret…

— Diana Nyad

But for each of us, isn't life about determining your own finish line?

— Diana Nyad

If you want to touch the other shore badly enough, barring an impossible situation, you will. If your desire is diluted for…

— Diana Nyad

If you can just immerse yourself in your life, it doesn't matter what you do everyday. Just do it intensely. Be in…

— Diana Nyad