Swimming Quotes

• 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

  Inspirational, Trust, Faith

  "The Essence of Alan Watts". Book by Alan Watts, 1977.

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• Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Healing, I Hate You

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.129, Harvard University Press

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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 always cleans your soul

  Peter Carey

  Soul, Your Soul

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• Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.

  Cathy Hopkins

  Courage, Determination, Waiting

  Cathy Hopkins (2009). “Friend Me: Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras; Mates, Dates, and Cosmic Kisses; Mates, Dates, and Designer Divas”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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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, Diving Deep

  FaceBook post by Dennis Rodman from Jul 19, 2016

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• Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.

  Michael Phelps

  Fitness, Home, Normal

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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

  Land, Water, Mind

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• Water for me is so essential, like swimming.

  Nastassja Kinski

  Water, Essentials, Funny Swimming

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• 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, Years, Giving

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• Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.

  Warren Buffett

  Funny, Motivation, Business

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

  Paul Tsongas

  Butterfly, Political, Athletic

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• I'm not saying that everyone should swim with sharks, but sometimes you have to jump over your own shadow in order to learn something that you will never forget for the rest of your life. Then you know you can conquer your fears.

  Heidi Klum

  Order, Sharks, Shadow

  "Heidi Klum: Fashion Shows Are Not My Thing". Parade Magazine Interview, parade.com. July 10, 2008.

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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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• For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in

  Ian Thorpe

  Motivational, Sports, Winning

  Ian Thorpe (2012). “This Is Me: The Autobiography”, p.50, Simon and Schuster

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• There is water in every lane, so it is OK.

  Ian Thorpe

  Motivational, Water, Lanes

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• President Can't Swim.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Swim, President

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

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• If you should rear a duck in the heart of the Sahara, no doubt it would swim if you brought it to the Nile.

  Mark Twain

  Heart, Ducks, Doubt

  Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.143, Delphi Classics

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• The proverb says, "Born lucky, always lucky," and I am very superstitious. As a small boy I was notoriously lucky. It was usual for one or two of our lads (per annum) to get drowned in the Mississippi or in Bear Creek, but I was pulled out in a 2/3 drowned condition 9 times before I learned to swim, and was considered to be a cat in disguise.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Humorous, Cat

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain’s Letters & Speeches (Annotated Edition)”, p.706, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.

  W. C. Fields

  Life, Innovation, Risk

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• Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.

  James A. Garfield

  Men, Nine, Poverty

  "Elements of Success". "President Garfield and education. Hiram college memorial". Book compiled by B. A. Hinsdale, p. 331, 1882.

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• I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. There's no better time to try this than now.

  Michael Phelps

  Sports, Opportunity, Honor

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• It is not the hours of practice that matter...it's what you put into the hours that counts.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Practice, Matter

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