Some say swimming is easy…I dare them to come to my practice.
Seven days of no swimming makes one weak.
Swimming: The only sport that takes art form, complete physical strength, and extensive technique to do correctly. It’s those that push to the breaking point and refuse to break who will achieve greatness!
One time at the beach this guy was swimming in the ocean yelling ‘Help! Shark! Help!’. I just laughed, I knew that shark was not going to help him.
If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you. Swim Harder.
I swim like a girl, try to keep up!
Swimming makes me feel…tired, wet, free, amazing, complete, like I am someone, epic, calm, myself, fab, whole, strong, boom, at home, happy, alive.
Swimming – the only sport with no half times, no substitutions, no timeouts, and you only get 1 shot for your goal.
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
Many people cycle or swim to keep trim. But if swimming is so good for the figure, how do you explain whales? – Charles Saatchi
Swimming: From the outside looking in, you can’t understand it. From the inside looking out, you can’t explain it.
Every breath feels like your lungs are on fire. Every stroke feels like your body is made of lead. Every lap the feelings get worse. Every training session hurts. If they don’t, you’re doing them wrong.
Butterfly: To a swimmer: a series of painful movements resulting in drowning. To everyone else: a beautiful, graceful insect.
Chlorine is my perfume.
If you’re swimming in the lane next to me, the answer is yes, we are racing.
Swimming’s got more kick than soccer will ever have!!!
Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home. – Michael Phelps
Well, me don’t swim too tough so me don’t go in the water too deep. – Bob Marley
Swimmers do more kicks than a soccer player, more flips than a cheerleader, more sets than a volleyball player and more yards than a football player, still easy???.
The water is your friend. You don’t have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move. – Alexandr Popov
Swimming – what real men (and women) do while boys play football.
If you think your sport is hard, try doing it holding your breath.
My weapon is my body. My element is the water. My world is swimming.
Swimming: the only sport in which the coach yells at you for breathing.
Being in the water is a feeling like no other.
Many swimmers ask, “What is the secret to success?” I can tell you what it is. When you feel like you can’t swim any faster. Hold your breath any longer, kick any harder, you must keep on going. Greatness is only milliseconds away, but you have to give 100%. You can’t slack off halfway through the race because you think negatively, you must maintain 100% effort for the entire race.
It’s been told that swimming is a wimp sport, but I don’t see it. We don’t get timeouts, in the middle of a race we can’t stop and catch our breath, we can’t roll on our stomachs and lie there, and we can’t ask for a substitution. – Dusty Hicks
The water is a mirror of the soul, revealing the true nature of oneself, through the discipline and focus required to swim.
It’s not how far you swim in practice, and it’s not how fast you swim in practice; it’s how far you swim fast in practice.
It’s not a real day if you haven’t watched the sun rise from the swimming pool.
The water doesn’t know your age. – Dara Torres
In the water, you are weightless and free, with the world’s troubles left behind.
It’s not who’s put up the fastest time in the world that year, or who’s put up the fastest time in the previous four years, but who can get their hand on the wall first today. – Nathan Adrian
Swimming is not just a sport, it’s a way of life – one that teaches discipline, perseverance and the power of the human spirit.
Water is home, just dive in.
The earth is 75% water, but I only need one lane to beat you.
You ran a mile at football practice? – That’s cute, I swam 5.
I am passionate. I am a fighter. I am relentless. I am gutsy. I am obsessed. I am tough. I am brave. I am smart. I am strong. I am bold. I am graceful. I am powerful. I am dedicated. I am stubborn. I am a swimmer.
We swim because we are too sexy for a sport that requires clothes.
Seventy-five percent of our planet is water – can you swim?
Swim your heart out.
Only a swimmer knows how long a hundredth of a second really is and how much it matters.
Don’t count the laps, make the laps count!!!
Home is where the pool is.
Free your mind. Take your mark. Jump in the water and swim as fast as you can.
Am I really that fast or are you just that slow?
This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can’t see how deep it is. – Dennis Rodman
To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. – Alan Watts
While I’m swimming, I sing songs in my mind. – Alexandr Popov
When you dive in, all the noise and sights surrounding you disappear and all that is left is the water.
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