#swim

If one synchronised swimmer drowns, do all the rest have to drown too? ↗

— Steven Wright

#drowns #rest #swimmer #synchronised #too

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

— Gene Tunney

#boxing #breathing #jumping #me #much

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

Sometimes you meet people who can't swim. And I always think: 'Oh my God, that's extraordinary.' For me, it's always been a treat... I just feel really happy in the water. ↗

— David Walliams

#been #extraordinary #feel #god #happy

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

— Mark Warkentin

#olympian #swimming #you

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