Top 147 Swimmer Quotes & Sayings

He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways.

My mom was a swimmer growing up. She was World Class.

I am a passionate swimmer and scuba-diver.

I am not a trained swimmer nor I know how to drive a vehicle.

I am not a swimmer so a bit of phobia is always there with water stunts.

My older sister Celia is an actress as well. She's a little bit older than me. So, in my formative years, she was always performing, and we would always go see her do things. And so, that just made me want to be... like her. Maybe if she was an Olympic swimmer, I would probably be an Olympic swimmer by now as well!

As a swimmer I know how important it is to be fit, healthy and eat well.

I'm a great swimmer, probably due to the size of my feet.

To a freedom fighter hope is what a lifebelt is to a swimmer - a guarantee that one will keep afloat and free from danger.

But if you can find that spot - I suppose it's like running - I used to be a swimmer and swim laps, and you just have to be there with what you're doing.

Oh, no doubt the cod is a splendid swimmer - admirable for swimming purposes but not for eating.

I wanted to be an Olympic swimmer when I was growing up.

Coming from a barely clothed childhood as a swimmer makes me really comfortable with my body.

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

I knew that the stronger that I was, the faster I was going to swim, and thats all I had in my mind at the time, was I wanted to be the best swimmer in the world.

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

I remember seeing a story on Olympic swimmer, Ryan Lochte doing strongman workouts. That was awesome.

I don't like the ocean. I'm not a natural swimmer, even though I come from Australia. That' a terrible thing to say.

I realise every swimmer has a shelf life. No, I haven't given any thought to when I will retire, but I also know I won't be able to swim forever.

I was an avid swimmer and was state champ at age 12.

I want to be an inspiration, but I would like there to be a day when it is not 'Simone the black swimmer.'

I'm not a wushu champion. I was an athlete when I was a kid. I was a swimmer and a runner, but all this action stuff is such a challenge. It really, really is.

I'm not as good a swimmer as I used to be - thanks to evolution.

I'm a really good swimmer.

I'm a 100m/200m swimmer so I have the early speed.

I always tell people, I'm a better swimmer because I'm a mom and a better mom because I'm swimmer.

I grew up a swimmer. I didn't think I could swim without the use of my legs.

I like Aveda shampoo. I've used it since I was a swimmer.

If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest drown too?

I don't know what's more embarrassing in this country, that Michael Phelps fell from the graces for smoking marijuana or that you looked up to a swimmer in the first place?

Once upon a time you were a fish. How do you know? Because I was also a fish. You, too? Sure. A long time ago. Anyway, being a fish, you knew how to swim. You were a great swimmer. A champion swimmer, you were. You loved the water. Why? What do you mean, why? Why did I love the water? Because it was your life! And as we talked, I would have let him go one finger at a time, until, without his realizing, he'd be floating without me. Perhaps that is what it means to be a father-to teach your child to live without you.

I have a strong upper body; I'm an arms swimmer, and I always have been.

Oh, I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't see me doing laps in a pool.

I can freestyle for a while, but I'm not an Olympic swimmer who can go two or three miles.

My hope is to be the first disabled swimmer on an able-bodied team at the Y Nationals.

You can tell a great athlete by, like, not how many times he wins, unlike when he loses. Because that's what is gonna make a swimmer.

I played lacrosse for a hot second, but I was mainly a swimmer - captain of my swim team.

There's a boy across the river with an ass like a peach; alas I was no swimmer and lost my Clementine.

All work of man is as the swimmer's: a vast ocean threatens to devour him; if he front it not bravely, it will keep its word.

Nobel Prize money is a life-belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the shore in safety.

I fell in love with this idea of becoming a swimmer. I knew two strokes at the time but I went and I just loved racing these girls with legs.

I grew up as a swimmer. And my brother was a football player and I played football.

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.

Botha swimmer and a drowned man are in the water; the latter is borne by the water and controlled by it, while the swimmer is borne along by his own power and of his own volition. Every movement made by the drowned man - indeed, every act and word that issue from him - comes from the water, not from him... The saints are like this. They have died before death.

My boyfriend is not a swimmer!

When you fall in a river, you're no longer a fisherman; you're a swimmer.

Being a non-swimmer, I've never been excited by the sea so avoid it on holidays.

The sea of pleasures may drown its owner and the swimmer fears to open his eyes under the water.

Some people like to focus on other aspects of my life, but first and foremost I am a dedicated and top swimmer.

People come up to me and say, 'You're that swimmer.'

Ultimately I wanted to be a pioneer swimmer, a distant descendant of Scott, Amundsen and Hillary, except that I would be an explorer of the water.

I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't see me doing laps in a pool.

It's like a runner or a swimmer training all the time. I sing every day.

While paralyzed, I won a gold and three silver medals as a competitive swimmer.

People were actually approaching me on the street and thinking that I was an athlete. They couldn't quite place it, but a runner, or swimmer or something.

I was in a very multi-racial, multi-cultural schooling system. I had a really delightful childhood. I was a jock. I became a very competitive swimmer in Zimbabwe. I was a swimmer, a tennis player, a hockey player. Then, when I was 13, I joined a Children's Performing Arts workshop in Zimbabwe.

Everything I do in the gym translates to being a better swimmer.

(American swimmer, 1972 Summer Olympics, on winning seven gold medals Inspirational) I swam my brains out.

Either you came in here a swimmer or you'd better be a really fast learner

I'm not a very good swimmer, and every time I'm in the water, I'm constantly reminded of that because I feel like I'm going to drown!