Coach Quote by Ellyse Perry

My father was a swim teacher. We used to swim before school, swim after school.

— Gordon Ramsay

My family had a membership to the Riverside Yacht Club where my brother, Sandy, learned to sail, and I competed in local swim races.…

— Dorothy Hamill

I grew up as a swimmer. And my brother was a football player and I played football.

— Tim Commerford

My mom was a swimmer growing up. She was World Class.

— Brook Lopez

I grew up as a swimmer, speaking of sports; I spent a lot of time before school and after school swimming.

— Sunita Williams

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

My mum took me to swimming lessons when I was very young, four years old.

— Ellie Simmonds

My dad was my swim coach growing up, and I tried to get kicked out of practice every day. I was a little devil…

— Ryan Lochte

Both of my parents are surfers, of course, so they understood where my passion for surfing was at and I guess they saw the…

— Bethany Hamilton

My ex-boyfriend was a pro-surfer and he taught me how to surf.

— Kelly Kelly

I was a lifeguard and taught swimming lessons when I was in high school.

— Jen Psaki

I remember when I was maybe around six years old, my dad signed me up for swimming. I'd ask him, crying, whether I could…

— Diogo Jota