#swimmer

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. ↗

— Esther Williams

#got #i #loved #more #national

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

— Ryan Lochte

#because #black #day #express #express yourself

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. ↗

— Kristanna Loken

#approaching #athlete #i #me #people

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. ↗

— Joan Sutherland

#basic #basis #comes #develop #doing

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

— Steven Wright

#drowns #rest #swimmer #synchronised #too

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. ↗

— Esther Williams

#bathing #bathing suit #could #done #gone

But if you can find that spot - I suppose it's like running - I used to be a swimmer and swim laps, and you just have to be there with what you're doing. ↗

— Bruce Nauman

#find #i #just #laps #like

I managed to beat Michael Phelps’ 400 meter IM time. And not only did I beat his time, but I did it in exactly 200 meters.
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— Jarod Kintz

#bizarre #compete #competition #competitive #delusional

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

— Trevor Dunn

#bird #family #feel #fish #i

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