#swim

Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely. ↗

— Johnny Weissmuller

#gave #me #nicely #pal #real

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

I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers. ↗

— Esther Williams

#beverly hills #daily #despite #hills #hotel

I was the only swimmer in movies. Tarzan was long gone, and he couldn't have done them anyway; he could never have gotten into my bathing suit. ↗

— Esther Williams

#bathing #bathing suit #could #done #gone

Life magazine ran a page featuring me and three other girls that was clearly the precursor of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues. ↗

— Esther Williams

#featuring #illustrated #issues #life #magazine

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've always liked pop music. There was a bit of a misunderstanding with the avant-garde rock scene, because I think I was sort of swimming the wrong way, really. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#avant-garde #because #bit #i #i think

I'm still swimming. ↗

— Ian Thorpe

#still #swimming