#swimming

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

Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing. ↗

— Gene Tunney

#boxing #breathing #jumping #me #much

You're either an Olympian or not in swimming. ↗

— Mark Warkentin

#olympian #swimming #you

I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage. ↗

— Esther Williams

#damage #enough #football #football player #frame

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

#character #develop #discipline #first #girl

Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home. ↗

— Esther Williams

#exciting #existence #gave #hint #home

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 focus on having a feminine body, a dancer's body. I do resistance and dance and cardio. I like hiking, swimming, being active. It clears your mind and it's a good way to decompress. ↗

— Ashley Greene

#being #body #cardio #clears #dance

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