Graceful Quote by Greg Davies

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 swam at school a lot. Long-distance swimming in pools, and diving, then when we moved to Hastings when I was 13 I used…

— Jo Brand

I was super insecure in middle school; I didn't tell anyone I swam because it wasn't the cool sport to be doing.

— Caeleb Dressel

I swam in high school.

— Jimmie Johnson

I grew up in Florida, so you start swimming at the age of 1, really. By 10, I was competitive swimming, and by 12,…

— Diana Nyad

I started swimming when I was four because my brother wanted to join a swim team, and I wanted to do what he did.…

— Summer Sanders

I swam across Skaneateles Lake, about a mile, when I was 11 years old. I remember feeling when I was in the middle of…

— Kim Edwards

I was a swimmer growing up. I was a miler - like long, long distance. So I was in the water for four or…

— Scott Speedman

Growing up, I was a water baby. We lived near a lake, had a pool in our backyard, and as soon as I was…

— Victoria Arlen

I'm not as good a swimmer as I used to be - thanks to evolution.

— Emo Philips

I swam. We made it, our team, from the rocks of Cuba to the beach of Florida, in squeaky-clean, ethical fashion.

— Diana Nyad