--- title: "4 Janet Evans Quotes" description: "Janet Beth Evans is an American former competition swimmer who swam from 1989 to 1992 for Stanford University and specialized in distance freestyle even..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b143/author-janet-evans-61542.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Janet Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b143/author-janet-evans-61542.jpg) # Janet Evans **4** quotes in **59** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Janet Beth Evans is an American former competition swimmer who swam from 1989 to 1992 for Stanford University and specialized in distance freestyle events. Evans was a world champion and world record-holder, and won a total of four gold medals in the 400 and 800-meter freestyle events at the 1988 an ## Quotes by Janet Evans > [Sometimes I feel envious when my friends go to parties and I have to go to bed. But my friends always tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-evans/sometimes-i-feel-envious-when-my-friends-go-to-parties-and-i-have-to/) [Janet Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-evans/) [Bed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/janet-evans-61542_bed_sometimes-i-feel-envious-when-my-friends_894433.jpg) > [When I started swimming again two years ago, it felt like I was starting from scratch. My mind-set was \[to tell myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-evans/when-i-started-swimming-again-two-years-ago-it-felt-like-i-was/) [Janet Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-evans/) [Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62f/janet-evans-61542_body_when-i-started-swimming-again-two-years_951255.png) > [While we are here we should set goals and achieve them, make the best of things, make others feel good about themselves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-evans/while-we-are-here-we-should-set-goals-and-achieve-them-make-the-best/) [Janet Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-evans/) [Achieve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achieve/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c1/janet-evans-61542_achieve_while-we-are-here-we-should-set-goals-an_2111502.png) > [I've swum for my country, I've swum for my coaches and my schools and my teams. I decided this time I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-evans/i-ve-swum-for-my-country-i-ve-swum-for-my-coaches-and-my-schools-and/) [Janet Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-evans/) [Coaches](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coaches/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cc/janet-evans-61542_coaches_i-ve-swum-for-my-country-i-ve-swum-for-m_2206652.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-evans/#itemlist", "name": "Janet Evans Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes I feel envious when my friends go to parties and I have to go to bed. But my friends always tell me that the parties really aren't that much fun anyway. Whatever I've missed, I've made up for. Most kids don't get to go to the Olympics and win three gold medals. 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