Diana Nyad Quotes

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• 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 your…
• If you want to touch the other shore badly enough, barring an impossible situation, you will. If your desire is diluted for any reason, you'll…
• I am overwhelmed by the strength of my body and the power of my mind. For one moment, just one second, I feel immortal.
• 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 through…
• But for each of us, isn't life about determining your own finish line?
• The integrity and self-esteem gained from winning the battle against extremity are the richest treasures in my life
• I have an uncompromising relationship with my goals.
• The mantra I used was 'find a way.'
• I am willing to put myself through anything; temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience…
• My mom just died. We blink and another decade passes. I don't want to reach the end of my life and regret not having given…
• This is a lifelong dream of mine and I'm very very glad to be with you,
• I wanted to teach myself some life lessons at the age of 60 and one of them was that you don't give up.
• 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 arms…
• You have a dream and you have obstacles in front of you as we all do. None of us ever get through this life without…
• The spirit is larger than the body. The body is pathetic compared to what we have inside us
• Every human being on this planet has their pain and their heartache and it's up to all of us to find our way back to…
• When you achieve your Dreams It's not so much what you get, It's who you become.
• When you reach for the horizon, as I've proven, you may not get there, but what a tremendous build of character and spirit that you…
• I am interested in the unknown, and the only path to the unknown is through breaking barriers, an often painful process.
• When I walk up on that shore in Florida, I want millions of those AARP sisters and brothers to look at me and say, 'I'm…

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