6. “I think for most people it’s hard to understand what it is about swimming – I mean it’s such a solo endeavour.” – Stephanie Rice
7. “The reason swimming is one of the hardest sports is because you have to be in the pool by yourself every day, making that sacrifice. There’s no time to do anything else.” – Chad le Clos
8. “As long as I’m enjoying swimming, I will keep swimming.” – Cate Campbell
9. “Being happy outside the pool means fast swimming in the pool.” – Eric Shanteau
10. “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
11. “In training everyone focuses on 90% physical and 10% mental, but in the races its 90% mental because there’s very little that separates us physically at the elite level.” – Elka Graham
12. “I wouldn’t say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it.” – Michael Phelps
13. “Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.” – Michael Phelps
14. “I want people to see the passion I have for swimming and become more involved in the sport.” – Ryan Lochte
15. “The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.” –
16. “Swimming is my salvation. Ask me in the middle of winter, or at the end of a grueling day, or after a long stretch at the computer, where I’d most like to be, and the answer is always the same: in the water, gliding weightless, slicing a silent trail through whatever patch of blue I can find.” – Lynn Sherr
17. “Swimming is my passion and something that I love.” – Natalie du Toit
18. “I’m always swimming forward like a shark. You just keep going and you don’t rest. I love waking up knowing that I have a problem to solve.” – Nile Rodgers
19. “Swimming has its educational value – mental, moral, and physical – in giving you a sense of mastery over an element, and of power of saving life, and in the development of wind and limb.” – Robert Baden-Powell
20. “Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.” – Esther Williams
21. “Water for me is so essential, like swimming.” – Nastassja Kinski
22. “In swimming at my level it’s about control of the small movements. A good ballet dancer floats across the stage, the best sprinters virtually abolish gravity. All motion occurs in the right direction.” – Alexander Dale Oen
23. “With swimming, I burn a lot of calories. I’m able to eat pretty much anything and it won’t affect me. But I don’t.” – Ryan Lochte
24. “Swimming isn’t everything, winning is.” – Mark Spitz
25. “I want to continue the sport of swimming. I’m not going to give up until I think it’s reached where I want it to go.” – Michael Phelps
26. “I love going to and swimming in the ocean. I think it’s so relaxing. It’s also a great form of active recovery. It’s perfect for those rest days when you still want to move a little bit.” – Eugenie Bouchard
27. “I try to separate my personal life from swimming.” – Michael Phelps
28. “There’s so much more to me than swimming. I like to go and have fun, like to go dancing, hang out with my friends.” – Ryan Lochte
29. “Swimming is probably the ultimate of burnout sports. It’s ironic because millions of people who swim as their regular exercise love the meditation aspect of it; you don’t wind up with any orthopedic injuries. But when you swim at a world class level for hours and hours – the loneness of the long distance runner.” – Diana Nyad
30. “I can’t imagine what I would be doing if I wasn’t swimming. It is what I want to do now; it is what I want to do in the foreseeable future, and that is what I’m focusing on.” – Cate Campbell
31. “I’ve enjoyed training again, I’ve enjoyed pushing myself in the pool and I’ll keep on swimming until I feel I cannot get any more out of myself.” – Ian Thorpe
32. “I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an for me. There’s no better time to try this than now.” – Michael Phelps
33. “Based on my experience, I would say that rather than taking lessons in how to become an entrepreneur, you should jump into the pool and start swimming.” – Travis Kalanick
34. “For people who believe that they can’t do it, I hope I’m an inspiration to others to get out there and try swimming. You might be pretty good at it.” – Simone Manuel
35. “Swimming keeps me fit and flexible, and it helps that I have a large pool at my house in Beverly Hills.” – Nobu Matsuhisa
