#swimming

I walked away from the sport for 17 years, then started swimming again recently in a master's program. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#away #i #master #program #recently

Swimming isn't everything, winning is. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#swimming #winning

Well my thoughts on American swimming are that our prospects look favorable, but we may not have as strong a showing in the gold medal count as in previous Olympics. But I am not coaching. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#american #coaching #count #favorable #gold

I love watching gymnastics, swimming, and track and field. ↗

— Mia Hamm

#gymnastics #i #i love #love #swimming

When you're young, you don't really know quite what you're aiming at. You're very impulsive and acting on impulse, which is very important and valuable. But you're kind of swimming in a blind sea. When you get older, you have more of a sense of direction. ↗

— Sinead O'Connor

#aiming #blind #direction #get #important

Michael wasn't on the pool deck, which was hard for me. None of my old Coral Springs teammates were around. Still, that old plane of cement felt like home. I folded my clothes and put them on the bench. I placed my water bottle under my starting block, and I dove in. Once again, I felt that ultimate state of transition, my feet no longer on the ground, my hands not yet in the water. ↗

— Dara Torres

#home #peace #solitude #swimming #age

Floating in the void free of gravity I made my way along the side of the ship. I listened to my own breaths. It was so dark and I was so weightless that I had to look for my bubbles to be sure which way was up. I swam backward a little away from the boat and into outer space and waved my arm through the water. Sure enough the phosphorescents appeared trailing my movement like the tail of a shooting star. I let myself tip upside down and floated there watching the gentle snowstorm marveling that a world of such strangeness existed here all the time just under the surface. ↗

— Elisabeth Eaves

#swimming #wonder #beauty

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

#any #cannot #enjoyed #feel #get

Dreams do come true...never stop believing. ↗

— Josh Davis

#swimming #dreams

The water doesn't know how old you are. ↗

— Dara Torres

#inspirational #motivation #swimming #age