#swimming

He took it out like a sprinter, and brought it home like a distance swimmer. ↗

— Jennifer Lane

#swimming #ya #young-love #love

We jumped into water so clear and warm that it was like jumping from air to air. The sand rose up under us and we floated to where it met the sea and walked out of the water like creatures in an act of evolution. ↗

— Elisabeth Eaves

#swimming #love

I managed to beat Michael Phelps’ 400 meter IM time. And not only did I beat his time, but I did it in exactly 200 meters.
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— Jarod Kintz

#bizarre #compete #competition #competitive #delusional

Well, we've made some changes on this tour. We're no longer sleeping in the parking lots and swimming in the fountains. We've been staying in hotels most of the way, though I will say some hotels have declined to take us because we're just having too much fun. ↗

— Bill Walton

#been #changes #declined #fountains #fun

The swimming community is really conservative. I don't know why, because we're in no clothing whatsoever. ↗

— Amanda Beard

#clothing #community #conservative #i #know

I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#get #go #i #often #swimming

In athletics, older runners tend to go for longer races, but it's the opposite in swimming because your body can't handle the endurance. ↗

— Kirsty Coventry

#because #body #endurance #go #handle

I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve. ↗

— Xavier Cugat

#banana #i #play #pool #rather

In particular, I found praying very disturbing, like swimming with bricks tied to your feet. And yet I was drawn to it constantly. ↗

— Jack Dee

#constantly #disturbing #drawn #feet #found

I believe that God felt sorry for actors so he created Hollywood to give them a place in the sun and a swimming pool. The price they had to pay was to surrender their talent. ↗

— Cedric Hardwicke

#created #felt #give #god #had