Johnny Weissmuller Quotes

• With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.

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  Winning, Self Control, Underdog

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• The main thing is not to let go of the vine.

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  Letting Go, Vines

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• The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor

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  Next Day, Tree, Directors

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• I have always been vitally interested in physical conditioning. I have long believed that athletic competition among people and nations should replace violence and wars.

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  War, Long, People

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

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• How can a guy climb trees, say "Me, Tarzan, you, Jane", and make a million?

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  Hiking, Guy, Tree

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

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• Treat your body well, and it'll see you through for many years.

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  Years, Body, Treats

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• Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result of it.

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  Careers, Speed, Form

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• Don't let go of the vine.

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  Letting Go, Simplicity, Vines

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• I never lost a freestyle race. Never. Not even in the YMCA.

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  Race, Ymca, Lost

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• I need freedom to be happy.

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  Needs

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• When people don't know me any more or want my autograph, then I'll think about retiring.

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  Thinking, People, Want

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• I could make good time because I was so long and skinny, shooting through the water like a stick.

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  Water, Long, Shooting

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• Can you imagine - a blond Tarzan?

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  Imagine

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• The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you're only as good as your last picture.

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  Business, Agency, Lasts

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• How can a guy climb trees, say "Me, Tarzan, you, Jane", and make a million? The public forgives my acting because they know I was an athlete. They know I wasn't make-believe.

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  Believe, Athlete, Guy

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

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• No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant.

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  Motivational, Marriage, Athlete

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

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  Real, Swimming, Pals

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• I learned to yodel pretty well. It took me a few months, but I eventually perfected it.

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  Months, Wells

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