"It's been said that swimming is a wimp sport, but I don't see it. We don't get timeouts, in the middle of a race we can't stop and catch our breath, we can't roll on our stomachs and lie there, and we can't ask for a substitution."
~Author Unknown
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"When the earth floods from global warming, the swimmers will rule the world."
~Author Unknown
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"It is better to have swum and lost that it is to have ever been a cheerleader."
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""Real athletes don't wear shoes."
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"Half of swimming, is 90% mental."
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"I'm too old to be swimming this fast."
89-Year-old DAM Swimmer Steve Carlson after winning a race in the Short Course Nationals
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"Mainly, I like to have fun. Swimming is all about having fun, and I am firm believer that you should keep "Swimming as long as you are having fun, but I can say that it becomes much more fun as you get older and learn more about the sport, life, and especially more about yourself."
Scott Goldblatt
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"Tired is a state of mind, exhaustion is a state of body."
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"We party here every morning at 6 a.m. It's really fun, but sometimes people get tired of it. They're hung over from one too many 200s the night before."
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"For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in."
Ian Thorpe
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"Ones... go! ...Twos...go! ...Threes, go! ...Fours, go! ...Fives, go! ...Sixes, go! ..Sevens, go!... Eights, go!... Nines, go!.. Tens, go! ...Elevens, go! ...Twelves, go!...Thirteens, go!"
Timed set at a packed workout.
Submitted by Rachel DuBose
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"Breaststroke is an athletic event; butterfly is a political statement."
Paul Tsongas
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"The water is your friend.....you don't have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move."
Alexandr Popov
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"When the going gets tough, the sprinters get out!"
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"We are going to do this next set with fins." - the best thing ever said by my swim coach
"We're going to start tappering." - ok, that was the best thing my coach ever said.
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"Seven days of no swimming makes one weak."
~Author Unknown
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"The swimmer who says it can't be done is ALWAYS passed by the one who is doing it."
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"No one ever got stronger by working less."
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"Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun & other times you do it to not die."
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"Actions speak louder than coaches."
A Speedo ad campain
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"Swimmers come, and swimmers go, but their hearts live forever."
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"No. We're not on steroids, but thanks for asking."