Swimming Quotes

Swimming can be boring. To me, it’s like going on a treadmill.

I love swimming in rivers, and well remember once jumping in at Chiswick.

I haven’t swam in any of the rivers outside of Baltimore. I try to keep it in the pool.

Even in high school, I’d tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn’t too happy. She’d say, ‘Think about this.’ And I’d always end up getting back in the pool.

I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.

This is my 20th year in the sport. I’ve known swimming and that’s it. I don’t want to swim past age 30; if I continue after this Olympics, and come back in 2016, I’ll be 31. I’m looking forward to being able to see the other side of the fence.

I want to continue the sport of swimming. I’m not going to give up until I think it’s reached where I want it to go.

I would give the cameras to the kids in the swimming pools and they would play with them, and then I would collect them and we would upload it. If you’re in the process, you’re there.

Thinking about swimming isn’t much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away.

The secret island had looked mysterious enough on the night they had seen it before – but now, swimming in the hot June haze, it seemed more enchanting than ever.