Funny Swimming Quotes

• Swimming is more than a once-every-four-years sport. My goal is to bring attention to swimming - to give it some personality.

  Michael Phelps

  Sports, Swimming, Years

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• All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Writing, Swimming, History

  Letter to Frances Scott Fitzgerald (undated)

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• I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming.

  Jimmy Carter

  Anniversary, Patriotic, Swimming

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• If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you.

  Bruce Lee

  Swimming, Land, Water

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• This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can't see how deep it is.

  Dennis Rodman

  Motivational, Basketball, Swimming

  FaceBook post by Dennis Rodman from Jul 19, 2016

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• The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Strength, Perseverance, Adversity

  Woodrow Wilson (2012). “The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People”, p.60, tredition

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• Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun, and other times you do it to not die. And when I'm swimming, sometimes I'm not sure which one it is.

  Demetri Martin

  Sports, Fun, Swimming

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Swimming isn't everything - winning is.

  Mark Spitz

  Sports, Swimming, Winning

  "50 stunning Olympic moments No37: Mark Spitz wins seven swimming golds" by Simon Burnton, www.theguardian.com. June 8, 2012.

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• Water for me is so essential, like swimming.

  Nastassja Kinski

  Swimming, Water, Essentials

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• Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home.

  Esther Williams

  Home, Swimming, Hints

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• Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely.

  Johnny Weissmuller

  Real, Swimming, Pals

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• Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do.

  John Oates

  Swimming, Music Business, Things To Do

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• Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball.

  Merlin Olsen

  Basketball, Swimming, Crowds

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• I love sailing and water sports; whether it's water skiing, body boarding or surfing or simply swimming in the ocean.

  Karolina Kurkova

  Sports, Ocean, Swimming

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• Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal.

  Jerry Fleishman

  Strength, Encouraging, Appreciation

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• While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.

  Henry C. Link

  Leadership, Confidence, Motivation

  Henry C. Link (1945). “The Return to Religion”, p.29, Lulu.com

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• No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.

  J. Paul Getty

  Inspirational, Success, Business

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