Swimming Quotes

597 quotes by 477 authors

I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success.… — Ingrid Bergman
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. — Bill Bradley
My preference is swimming in the sea. I find the sea is more liberating, wild and good fun rather than plodding up and down a… — Jo Brand
I have big friends who won't go swimming because they're too embarrassed about it. I feel that's such a shame, because actually people should be… — Jo Brand
I swam at school a lot. Long-distance swimming in pools, and diving, then when we moved to Hastings when I was 13 I used to… — Jo Brand
Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked. — Warren Buffett
In 1980, business at my company, Chuck E. Cheese's, was thriving and I was feeling flush. So I bought a very large house on the… — Nolan Bushnell
I love cycling, running and swimming. In recent years I've competed regularly in triathlons, which means I don't find the physical side of driving a… — Jenson Button
There's a great metaphor that one of my doctors uses: If a fish is swimming in a dirty tank and it gets sick, do you… — Kris Carr
I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming. — Jimmy Carter
Swimming is not a sport. Swimming is a way to keep from drowning. That's just common sense! — George Carlin
When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to beat myself, basically.… — Ian Thorpe
I have been visualizing myself every night for the past four years standing on the podium having the gold placed around my neck. — Megan Jendrick
I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them. — Amanda Beard
I can't control what everyone else swims but if all goes well I know there are no limits. — Leisel Jones
Any time you can get up there and scare a few people, throw up some decent times, it builds up your confidence and also sends… — Marianne Limpert
There is water in every lane, so it is OK. — Ian Thorpe
I swam the race like I trained to swim it. It is not mathematical. I just let my body do it. It is a lot… — Ian Thorpe
I told myself there was no way I was going to let this training go to waste. It was my time, and I was ready… — Katie Hoff
In most sports they have a physical effect on your performance, in swimming only psychological. If you worry about what your rival is doing, you… — Louis Fabian Bachrach, Jr.

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