Swimming Quotes - Page 2

• I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them.

  Amanda Beard

  Motivational, Athlete, Thinking

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• It has nothing to do with swimming. That happens to be my sport. I'm trying to see how far I can go

  Mark Spitz

  Sports, Trying, I Can

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• Focusing is about saying No.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Power, Focus

  "Steve Jobs: seven lessons from Apple's founder" by Frédéric Filloux, www.theguardian.com. October 10, 2011.

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• We are not what we think, or what we say, or how we feel. We are what we do.

  Gordon Livingston

  Thinking, Feels

  Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.7, Da Capo Press

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

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Writing, History, Water

  Letter to Frances Scott Fitzgerald (undated)

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• Mainly, I like to have fun. Swimming is all about having fun, and I am firm believer that you should keep swimming as long as you are having fun, but I can say that it becomes much more fun as you get older and learn more about the sport, life, and especially more about yourself

  Scott Goldblatt

  Motivational, Sports, Fun

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  There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.

  Joe DiMaggio

  Children, Kids, May

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• Summer is a great time to visit art museums, which offer the refreshing rinse of swimming pools - only instead of cool water, you immerse yourself in art.

  Jerry Saltz

  Summer, Art, Museums

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• I don't want to be the next Mark Spitz; I want to be the first Michael Phelps

  Michael Phelps

  Firsts, Want, Next

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• If not you, then who? If not now, then when?

  Andrzej Kolikowski

  Action, Wise Man Once Said, Ifs

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• I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.

  Michael Phelps

  Motivational, Sports, Impossible

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• Remember to do the things you enjoy away from swimming, regularly.

  Ian Thorpe

  Sports, Remember, Enjoy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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, Pals, Funny Swimming

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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, Hints, World

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• Most of the preparedness happens during training every single day, so it's all about getting to a meet and being as relaxed as possible. Personally, I just try to stay in the crowd of people, just talking so my mind doesn't think only about swimming. That helps me to relax. And at this level, we all know what needs to be done once we jump in the pool

  Lenny Krayzelburg

  Motivational, Sports, Thinking

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• When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to beat myself, basically. People find that hard to believe because we've had such a bias to always strive to win things. If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work hard for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from.

  Ian Thorpe

  Motivational, Believe, Hard Work

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• I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.' I don't want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I'd like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along.

  Michael Phelps

  Change, Successful, Young Generation

  "The Legend of Michael Phelps". abcnews.go.com. August 14, 2016.

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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, Confusing

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

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• Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz.

  Michael Phelps

  Sports, Compliments You, Mark

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• I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool.

  Natalie Wood

  Stars, Home, Maids

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• We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Brother, Yoga

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• Breastroke is an athletic event, butterfly is a political statement.

  Paul Tsongas

  Butterfly, Political, Athletic

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• To me, the sea is like a person - like a child that I've known a long time. It sounds crazy, I know, but when I swim in the sea I talk to it. I never feel alone when I'm out there.

  Gertrude Ederle

  Beach, Children, Crazy

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• People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.

  Ann Landers

  Drinking, Beer, People

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• You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

  Michael Phelps

  Inspirational, Sports, Dream

  FaceBook post by Michael Phelps from Jan 19, 2012

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