Top 101 Swimmer Quotes

Nothing against the Olympics. I played in 2012 and it was an incredible experience. It’s different for tennis players than for swimmers and track and field athletes. That’s the pinnacle of their sport and not so much the pinnacle of tennis.

It would be simpler going to an Olympic Games knowing you had to nail one trick that you’ve done a hundred times, and if you do it, you’ll win. Or if you’re a swimmer, if you swim a certain time, you will win. In BMX, there are no guarantees.

I actually have a fear of the water because I nearly drowned. I got caught in a rip tide, and I wasn’t a good swimmer because that was when I was emigrating from England to Australia.

I was the only swimmer in movies. Tarzan was long gone, and he couldn’t have done them anyway; he could never have gotten into my bathing suit.

People who want to be singers can be nurtured and taught, and they can make great strides. But, the truth is, if you are completely tone deaf, it is never going to happen for you. It’s just a reality of life. It’s like me thinking I can be an Olympic swimmer. It ain’t gonna happen!

I am so grateful that respected global swimwear brand Arena stepped up to support U.S. Paralympics as a supplier. They also sponsor me individually, as their first Paralympic swimmer.

I fell in love with this idea of becoming a swimmer. I knew two strokes at the time but I went and I just loved racing these girls with legs.

I think ninjas are probably quieter than SEALs, but we are better swimmers, and also better with guns and blowing things up.

I can sit back in 10, 15, 20 years, when I’m sitting with my kids, I’ll be able to say that I’m sitting in Ravens Stadium during a game, and I’m watching one of the best swimmers ever win a Gold for the U.S. You know, as you get older, you cherish those kinds of moments.

Exercise has its hazards. Runners are sidelined by shinsplints, freestylists by swimmer’s ear, and who hasn’t heard of tennis elbow? But the fitness buff of the ’90s has a far greater worry. StairMaster Butt.

I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard.

I know from my experience as a swimmer that you put in the work and practice, and come game day, your body is ready, and you just have to trust your training.

I think competition can make people stronger at whatever it is they’re competing on. If we’re competing in some athletic event for competitive swimmers, really intensely competing, it’s likely that both of us will become better, but it’s also quite possible we’ll lose sight of what’s truly valuable.

I cannot control what goes on in another lane and this is how I focus on the Games. There is no point in being nervous of other swimmers. It’s just about focusing on yourself and what you need to do in order to perform at your best.

I was a competitive swimmer as a teenager, only stopping when I got persistent ear infections. Every day was a 6 A.M. start to swim before lessons, then choir or dance classes after.

I grew up a swimmer. I didn’t think I could swim without the use of my legs.

I want to set myself as a real legend in the sport, like Phelps and Mark Spitz are remembered worldwide. I want people to say, like they say of Ronaldo that he is the best soccer player in the world, I want them to say Chad Le Clos is the best swimmer in the world.

After watching the Athens Paralympics in 2004, I looked at the swimmers and thought, that’s cool. I want to do that.

The newspapers loved pinup pictures of pretty young swimmers, and as a national champion, I got more than my share of space in the sports pages.

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

I don’t linger on the fact that Dawn Fraser was a great swimmer 40 years ago. That was in the past. I did break 41 world records, but I don’t live on that today.

I am not a trained swimmer nor I know how to drive a vehicle.

I grew up as a swimmer, speaking of sports; I spent a lot of time before school and after school swimming.

Oh, I can’t play soccer, and I’m not a great swimmer. I won’t drown, but you won’t see me doing laps in a pool.

I am so grateful that respected global swimwear brand Arena stepped up to support U.S. Paralympics as a supplier. They also sponsor me individually, as their first Paralympic swimmer.

I’ve been a swimmer and a diver for quite a while. It was something that I think I got too comfortable with, and I dove into my black-bottomed pool and hit the slope from the shallow end to the deep end. And I had a chin to chest paralyzing break.

My favourite Friday treat is to drive out of the centre of Cambridge, where we live, and go for a swim at the health club I’ve just joined out in the countryside at Quy. It’s a lovely pool, inside a converted barn. Usually it’s just me and a couple of other swimmers there.

I am a passionate swimmer and scuba-diver.

I was being singled out as the best in the class at this, that and the other, nearly always to do with art. And then I was a very good swimmer from a very early age, and once again the best in the class, and when I was about five or six, I was the best in the school.

I grew up a competitive swimmer. I wanted to go the Olympics. Both my parents were professional swimmers. I competed internationally quite often, right up until I moved to California to pursue music.

I actually have a fear of the water because I nearly drowned. I got caught in a rip tide, and I wasn’t a good swimmer because that was when I was emigrating from England to Australia.

If one synchronised swimmer drowns, do all the rest have to drown too?

I started out doing triathlons because they terrified me! I’m a good swimmer, I learned to ride a bike in college, and I hate running. It seemed like something I could never do, so I decided, ‘I’m gonna do it.’

I always had really long swimmer’s arms. The last to totally go is always my thighs and butt, but my old body is there somewhere.

Because I was a swimmer, I felt like sports did help me to realize that my body was more than what it just looked like… and if didn’t eat, then I couldn’t swim fast.

Technique is the basis of every pursuit. If you’re a sportsman or you’re a singer or a swimmer, well that comes under sport but you have to develop a basic technique to know what you’re doing at any given time.

I’m not a very good swimmer, and every time I’m in the water, I’m constantly reminded of that because I feel like I’m going to drown!

It would be simpler going to an Olympic Games knowing you had to nail one trick that you’ve done a hundred times, and if you do it, you’ll win. Or if you’re a swimmer, if you swim a certain time, you will win. In BMX, there are no guarantees.

I don’t like the ocean. I’m not a natural swimmer, even though I come from Australia. That’ a terrible thing to say.

I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard.

I was a competitive swimmer as a teenager, only stopping when I got persistent ear infections. Every day was a 6 A.M. start to swim before lessons, then choir or dance classes after.

It’s like a runner or a swimmer training all the time. I sing every day.

I grew up a competitive swimmer. I wanted to go the Olympics. Both my parents were professional swimmers. I competed internationally quite often, right up until I moved to California to pursue music.

As far as exercise, I play a lot of lacrosse and rugby, and I’m an avid distance swimmer. Nope, none of that is true. I do walk a lot, though.

Because I was a champion swimmer in Canada, they’re always trying to get me in the water in movies! I’ve drawn the line now with this film. No more water!

The title ‘black swimmer’ makes it seem like I am not supposed to be able to win a gold medal, I am not supposed to be able to break the Olympic record, and that is not true, as I work as hard as anybody else, and I love the sport, and I want to win, just like everybody else.

The swimmers ask me all the time ‘is it going to be on telly more?’ They want their families to watch them. Not every family can afford to go to Rio or Budapest. And it is nice for the clubs and coaches as well to see the people they have brought up.

There are younger, stronger swimmers coming up and they are hungry. I can’t influence what they do, I only know what I can do and I know how greedy I am to defend my title.

There have been times when things get stuck in my throat, but you just work it up or down. Like how a swimmer probably can’t imagine drowning – their bodies are so used to being in the water. I’m so used to shoving things down my throat.

I am not a trained swimmer nor I know how to drive a vehicle.

Exercise has its hazards. Runners are sidelined by shinsplints, freestylists by swimmer’s ear, and who hasn’t heard of tennis elbow? But the fitness buff of the ’90s has a far greater worry. StairMaster Butt.

My mom was a swimmer growing up. She was World Class.

Born on an island, I could swim before I could walk, thrown many times into swimming pools and warm transparent Caribbean waters: sink or swim, that was my first lesson. While I’m not a natural athlete, I’m still a strong swimmer and feel a great affinity with the sea.

I was being singled out as the best in the class at this, that and the other, nearly always to do with art. And then I was a very good swimmer from a very early age, and once again the best in the class, and when I was about five or six, I was the best in the school.

I can’t play soccer, and I’m not a great swimmer. I won’t drown, but you won’t see me doing laps in a pool.

I grew up as a swimmer, speaking of sports; I spent a lot of time before school and after school swimming.

In 2000, I got stuck in the sea off Cyprus after I fell off a boat. I was out there for over an hour. I am not a strong swimmer, but adrenaline kicked in, and I swam back.

I always tell people, I’m a better swimmer because I’m a mom and a better mom because I’m swimmer.

I was good at swimming until everyone started to grow. The best swimmers are really tall with great big shoulders, and that just isn’t us. But then a big, powerful swimmer isn’t going to be so good on the bike and the run.

I believe now that I’ve cemented my spot as the best swimmer in the world, and I can’t describe how proud that makes me. I just want to keep working hard and hopefully just inspire more youngsters to keep swimming and encourage South Africans to become a winning nation.

Coming from a barely clothed childhood as a swimmer makes me really comfortable with my body.

I resisted Twitter for a long time. To me, it was synonymous with networking, which in my mind means unceasing self-promotion and superficial small-talk with strangers. A little like wading into a river with a raging current – and I’m a terrible swimmer.

I think ninjas are probably quieter than SEALs, but we are better swimmers, and also better with guns and blowing things up.

Being on the podium, of course, is enjoyable, but the majority of what – not just myself, not just swimmers, I think the majority of all athletes – it’s not necessarily fun, the core of the whole process.

The best swimmers are the ones that almost don’t try the most… It’s just about relaxing and enjoying it.

People were actually approaching me on the street and thinking that I was an athlete. They couldn’t quite place it, but a runner, or swimmer or something.

I want to run a marathon in the immediate future. In the future future, I want to do ironmans. I cycle long distances. The only thing I have to work on is the swimming. I’m a good swimmer, but I’ve never done long distances like that.

I am a passionate swimmer and scuba-diver.

People wanted to be friends with me for not the right reasons. They’d introduce me to somebody else as the Olympian or the swimmer. I didn’t want to stand out. I wanted to blend in.

I realise every swimmer has a shelf life. No, I haven’t given any thought to when I will retire, but I also know I won’t be able to swim forever.

Ive met people of all abilities and all ages. The groups are split accordingly; advanced groups are made up of swimmers keen on longer distances, intermediates who use swimming as part of their exercise routine, while many of the beginners havent even tried front crawl before.

I’m not a wushu champion. I was an athlete when I was a kid. I was a swimmer and a runner, but all this action stuff is such a challenge. It really, really is.

Swimmers do not get a lot of telly time so you are not dealing with a lot of egos.

I’m not a highly outgoing person. I’m pretty guarded when you first meet me. But being in a Speedo for my entire life growing up, because I was a swimmer, and being naked in front of people now, doesn’t really bother me.

I remember seeing a story on Olympic swimmer, Ryan Lochte doing strongman workouts. That was awesome.

I’m not a wushu champion. I was an athlete when I was a kid. I was a swimmer and a runner, but all this action stuff is such a challenge. It really, really is.

Oh, I can’t play soccer, and I’m not a great swimmer. I won’t drown, but you won’t see me doing laps in a pool.

As a swimmer I know how important it is to be fit, healthy and eat well.

While paralyzed, I won a gold and three silver medals as a competitive swimmer.

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.

Because I was a champion swimmer in Canada, they’re always trying to get me in the water in movies! I’ve drawn the line now with this film. No more water!

I was a competitive swimmer in middle school and high school.

Katie Ledecky is the best swimmer in the world. You could say she’s impressive with what she can do in a pool.

I think everybody pees in the pool. It’s kind of a normal thing to do for swimmers.

People wanted to be friends with me for not the right reasons. They’d introduce me to somebody else as the Olympian or the swimmer. I didn’t want to stand out. I wanted to blend in.

I don’t linger on the fact that Dawn Fraser was a great swimmer 40 years ago. That was in the past. I did break 41 world records, but I don’t live on that today.

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.

There’s just something about that cold rush that I know I hate and a lot of other swimmers hate.

I remember seeing a story on Olympic swimmer, Ryan Lochte doing strongman workouts. That was awesome.

Coming from a barely clothed childhood as a swimmer makes me really comfortable with my body.

There have been times when things get stuck in my throat, but you just work it up or down. Like how a swimmer probably can’t imagine drowning – their bodies are so used to being in the water. I’m so used to shoving things down my throat.

Swimming is by far the best tonic I’ve found for my back. I’m not a good swimmer – I do the breaststroke or elementary backstroke in the slow lane – but when I took a two-week break from swimming I was surprised how much I missed it.

My boyfriend is not a swimmer!

It’s kind of a loping stroke. It’s not the prettiest stroke. But it’s what’s most efficient for me. And I think I kick a little more than most swimmers do.

I like Aveda shampoo. I’ve used it since I was a swimmer.

My childhood ambition was to be an Olympic swimmer like my aunt, but that died a quick death when I discovered other sports. I swam very competitively till I was 15, then I swam for fun until I was 18. But athletics remain a very big part of my life.

Everything I do in the gym translates to being a better swimmer.

It’s so hard to express yourself, because swimmers are pretty much paying attention to a black line for hours out of a day.

I am not a swimmer so a bit of phobia is always there with water stunts.

I want to set myself as a real legend in the sport, like Phelps and Mark Spitz are remembered worldwide. I want people to say, like they say of Ronaldo that he is the best soccer player in the world, I want them to say Chad Le Clos is the best swimmer in the world.

Adam Peaty is far and away the best swimmer in the world, and he’s British. He set a world record – but the day after we were talking about my dress.