#swim

When you truly sing, you sing yourself free. When you truly dance, you dance yourself free. When you walk in the mountains or swim in the sea, again, you set yourself free. ↗

— Jay Woodman

#free #freedom #sing #swimming #walk

She loves swimming,” said Ellen, who I knew had been a competitive swimmer in college. Ellen looked in the rearview mirror at Kara. “Don’t you Kara?” asked Ellen. There was no response. “I didn’t start until I was three,” said Ellen. “She’s got a two year start on me. ↗

— Daniel Amory

#summer #swimming #love

I love shark week, all kids swim for free ↗

— Josh Stern

#humor #kids #shark-week #swim #love

At Dachau. We had a wonderful pool for the garrison children. It was even heated. But that was before we were transferred. Dachau was ever so much nicer than Auschwitz. But then, it was in the Reich. See my trophies there. The one in the middle, the big one. That was presented to me by the Reich Youth Leader himself, Baldur von Schirach. Let me show you my scrapbook. ↗

— William Styron

#banality #dachau #evil #hate #holocaust

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. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#arms #body #go #had #i

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#against #knows #man #stream #strength

I exercise everyday. I swim, I bike, I run and I go to the gym. ↗

— Lance Armstrong

#everyday #exercise #go #gym #i

I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#being #challenges #deep #face #going

Confining marine animals to tanks and separating them from their families and their natural surroundings, just so people can watch them swim in endless circles, teaches us far more about humans than it does about animals - and the lesson is not a flattering one. ↗

— Pamela Anderson

#circles #confining #does #endless #families

I joined the swim team when I was 12, and I was the worst kid in the pool - I was put with a group of 7-year-olds. ↗

— Lance Armstrong

#i #joined #kid #pool #put