Swimming Quotes
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There are a lot of young swimming fans that are on Instagram, so I try to respond or post things that they like.
Katie Ledecky
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Back in my mind, I never, ever wanted to give up swimming; it was something that I would carry on with.
Natalie du Toit
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I have been taking stock of my 50 years since I left Wichita. How I have existed fills me with horror for I failed in everything. Spelling, arithmetic, writing, swimming, tennis, golf, dancing, singing, acting, wife, mistress, whore, friend, even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of not trying. I tried with all my heart.
Louise Brooks
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I have always wanted a swimming pool and never had one.
Joan Didion
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We go old-school during the summer, like swimming or setting up lemonade stands. I try to teach my kids to make their own fun.
Gail Devers
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I flipped through a book on harp seals in the late 1970s and saw images of them swimming in emerald green pools of water surrounded by huge sheets of ice. Right then I was hooked, and I knew this was a story I wanted to do.
Brian Skerry
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I like to have cookies in the morning before I go swimming.
Brunello Cucinelli
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Actually, I always dreamed about getting a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle in Olympic swimming. I always thought that would be the epic award in sports to get.
Chris Klein
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When I was in the U.S. for 'Swimming Pool,' people had asked me, 'So are you going to settle down in Hollywood?' And I said, 'No, I'm French! I am living in France. I am not going to be American.'
Ludivine Sagnier
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I love swimming in rivers, and well remember once jumping in at Chiswick.
Boris Johnson
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I grew up studying martial arts, playing violin, swimming competitively, so I already had athletic focus, discipline and training. When I brought that to climbing, I became passionate.
Jimmy Chin
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I worked on a farm. Played ball and loafed along the fishing and swimming holes of the White River, and my boyhood was not a lot different from that of other youngsters.
Chuck Klein
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Whether running, biking, swimming, or dancing, I just like to always be on the move.
Karlie Kloss
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I work out six days a week. Usually 45 minutes of running, then swimming and weightlifting.
Garrett Neff
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At one point my dad called me and said, 'You have always been a great salesman. I think it's time you come home and sell swimming pools.'
Courtney Love
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I want to get up at 6 A.M. and go swimming and do 30 lengths.
Sadie Frost
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I could see myself still swimming because I'm really enjoying the sport. But at the same time I have this biological clock that is ticking.
Libby Trickett
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Just do some kind of workout. Doesn't matter if it's going for a walk around the block, going for a jog, doing some calisthenics, lifting weights, going to a pool and swimming - you name it. But do something that gets your blood flowing and gets your mind in the game.
Jocko Willink
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I think marathon swimming makes you work more on your upper body, your abdomen, trapezius, and your arms. When you finish a race, your arms and abdomen are more tired than your legs. Your legs are tired because you've just sprinted for the line, but at the end of the race, when you start to relax, it's your arms that hurt.
Poliana Okimoto
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When we were very, very young, I was actually better than Cate was at swimming, and I was not very humble and thought I was the greatest thing ever and rubbed it in her face a bit, and then she started trying really hard and started beating me.
Bronte Campbell
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I love going to the beach in the tropics and doing whatever I do - surfing, swimming or being - and the glow when I get a tan that deepens. I walk around with red and gold in my skin and feel like the most beautiful thing on the planet!
Anika Noni Rose
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Success is not two cars or a swimming pool. It's the approval of your peers.
Peter Finch
