Eric Bana Quotes

No matter whether you're an Olympic swimmer or you're someone who doesn't like to swim, your kids should learn this life skill. You can't be next to them every second, so they must be able to relax in the water and get themselves to safety.

First and foremost, it's paramount for young child to learn how to swim, and the best place for that to happen is at primary school if they've got the facilities.

My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.

When you're at a public pool or in your friend's backyard, knowing that your kids can get in and out of the water and protect themselves can make all the difference in the world. Something as simple as being able to flip over and get to the ladder can save a life. You can start your kids in lessons as early as you want - it's never too soon.

All Norwegian children learn to swim when they are very young because if you can't swim it is difficult to find a place to bathe.

I knew how to swim by the time I turned 4.

My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.'

Though I do not know much swimming, I am glad that both my children are getting better at it day by day.

I can't swim.

I don't know how to swim.

I don't even know how to swim!

We live our lives by the water and if you don't know how to swim in Australia, it's like not knowing how to cross a road. It's an incredible survival thing that you really must learn when you're a child.

My parents wanted us to be pool-safe, so I had lessons when I was 18 months old. I would like to share with all the parents out there that I was that kid who cried during every one of my lessons. But it wasn't an option for my parents; we had a backyard pool, so I needed to learn how to swim.

I came to water late. I learned to swim at the age of 20.

I think parents generally know what's best for their children. But I suppose it's possible to be overprotective.

There are too many kids who are drowning for lack of water safety. That's something I'd like to do. Teaching kids to live an active lifestyle.

I think I learned how to swim before I could walk.

When my baby was born I had to know how to save her in case she fell in the pool or something like that. I went to one of these nursing places to learn how to take care of the child.

President Can't Swim.

The only reason I started swimming was for water safety. Then, once I started falling in love with sports, I got more comfortable with it.

I think because I was a mother, it helped me feel comfortable that really my primary goal there was to save my kids.

I grew up around the pool with my sisters. Both of my sisters swam. I was always there. So I thought, why not? My mom put us in the water for water safety, so we were comfortable in the water in case anything ever happened. I learned that way, and started liking it more and more.

If you own a gun and have a swimming pool in the yard, the swimming pool is almost 100 times more likely to kill a child than the gun is.

Nothing ever fits the palm so perfectly, or feels so right, or inspires so much protective instinct as the hand of a child