Being Quote by Jackie Coogan

I was swimming for the United States of America. I was swimming to beat Stephen Holland.

— Bobby Hackett

(American swimmer, 1972 Summer Olympics, on winning seven gold medals Inspirational) I swam my brains out.

— Mark Spitz

My first coach was my brother Ken. He taught me submission wrestling, the catch-as-catch-can style that he was famous for. Then I trained in…

— Frank Shamrock

While paralyzed, I won a gold and three silver medals as a competitive swimmer.

— Victoria Arlen

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

— Brook Lopez

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

— Katharine McPhee

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

— Jen Psaki

I was the sports captain in school. I've done everything - from javelin to discus to basketball to judo.

— Smriti Irani

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

— Gordon Ramsay

It's really special for me just to have that one little moment where I claimed I was the best in the history of swimming.

— Caeleb Dressel

I was being singled out as the best in the class at this, that and the other, nearly always to do with art. And…

— Rolf Harris

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

— Apolo Ohno