#swimming

I have big friends who won't go swimming because they're too embarrassed about it. I feel that's such a shame, because actually people should be encouraging fat people who are exercising to do it, not pointing and laughing. ↗

— Jo Brand

#actually #because #big #embarrassed #encouraging

I've been in the shallow end of a pool, just kind of walking around, but this was my first time really swimming - and I was horrified! I actually lost it whenever I saw the edge of the pool. But I took baby steps and rewarded myself every step of the way. ↗

— Monique Coleman

#around #baby #been #edge #end

Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal. ↗

— Robert Collier

#against #bit #encouragement #goal #knows

So I rang up my local swimming baths. I said 'Is that the local swimming baths?' He said 'It depends where you're calling from.' ↗

— Tim Vine

#calling #depends #i #local #rang

I could see myself still swimming because I'm really enjoying the sport. But at the same time I have this biological clock that is ticking. ↗

— Libby Trickett

#biological #clock #could #enjoying #i

I was quite fat as a kid. And swimming is a sport you can enjoy whatever size you are. If you're fat, running is a pain. I'm not really built for running. ↗

— David Walliams

#enjoy #fat #i #kid #pain

I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool. ↗

— Natalie Wood

#film #film stars #had #home #i

I'm still swimming. ↗

— Ian Thorpe

#still #swimming

It has nothing to do with swimming. That happens to be my sport. I'm trying to see how far I can go. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#go #happens #how #how far #i

When you are doing endurance swimming you just need to take in as many carbs as possible to put on as much weight as you can. Basically you can eat whatever you want, which can be quite fun. Everything is guilt-free. ↗

— David Walliams

#carbs #doing #eat #endurance #everything