Athletics Quote by Teddy Sears

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

— Ellie Simmonds

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

— Sunita Williams

I learnt to swim at the age of four or five. My parents took me to a club where you go from learning to…

— Ellie Simmonds

I was very athletic when I was young.

— Wendie Renard

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

I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as…

— Esther Williams

I was always a very competitive little kid. I did swimming very competitively, downhill skiing very competitively. Everything was competition.

— Susie Wolff

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

— Katharine McPhee

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 an avid swimmer and was state champ at age 12.

— Apolo Ohno

I never really participated in specific sports or anything, but once I hit 40, I started to get a little bit more active and…

— Shigeru Miyamoto

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