Ball player Quote by Esther Williams

I swam very competitively till I was 15, then I swam for fun until I was 18. But athletics remain a very big part…

— Teddy Sears

I was an avid swimmer and was state champ at age 12.

— Apolo Ohno

I didn't just swim when I was younger. I did ballet, horse riding, everything. I was very active.

— Ellie Simmonds

I was very athletic when I was young.

— Wendie Renard

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

— Sunita Williams

When I was 14, and for the next four years, I was lifting and hauling 10-gallon milk cans full of milk. That will put…

— Harmon Killebrew

When I was a kid I did marshal arts, and then I did all-star crazy competitive cheer and dance, and then I swam so…

— Ashley Greene

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

— Tim Commerford

I was a competitive swimmer in middle school and high school.

— Katharine McPhee

I started swimming before I got into wrestling at, like, 4 years old, then I wrestled from, like, 5 years old through college, graduated,…

— Chad Mendes

When I was younger I could depend a little bit more on my athleticism and my strength and all that.

— Darren Elkins

When younger, I was tall but very skinny. When I was 14, I grew and started gaining muscles. So I started doing sit-ups, abs…

— Romelu Lukaku