Air Quote by Ryan Lochte

I had to pretend to drown. I was underwater, which is scary, and I'm not afraid of water, but people do die underwater.

— Maria Thayer

I honestly think if I would've tied my suit and there wouldn't have been any water rushing through it, I think I could've gone…

— Ryan Lochte

Russell James asked me to shoot underwater. He tied my feet under the water. I don't know how many feet - maybe five, six…

— Alessandra Ambrosio

I was so surprised. Then again, I was so relaxed in the water, it felt amazing

— Pieter van den Hoogenband

I felt like I'd been swimming so hard, and the water growing warmer and warmer the closer I got to the top. I wasn't…

— Sarah Dessen

I was feeling everything too much. Everything pulled at my eyes. I spent hours floating in pools.

— Dave Eggers

I took up scuba diving, and my next big thing is BASE jumping.

— Donald Cerrone

I didn't drown. I didn't break.

— Melissa Marr

You’re falling now. You’re swimming. This is not harmless. You are not breathing.

— Richard Siken

CONGRATULATIONS! You've won a lifetime supply of air: Not valid under water, in space, when dead, or while choking.

— Anonymous

I'd just stepped out of the kiddie pool and into the deep end, with no floaties. And drowning was not an option.

— Rachel Vincent

I was required to jump from a parachute into a lake and for this I was dangled in the air 100 feet above the…

— Pankaj Kapur