Summer Sanders Quotes

I grew up in Florida, so you start swimming at the age of 1, really. By 10, I was competitive swimming, and by 12, I had aspirations to be the best in the world.

I joined the swim team when I was 12, and I was the worst kid in the pool - I was put with a group of 7-year-olds.

It's always great to see young swimmers and their excitement and the joy that they have in the water.

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

Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun, and other times you do it to not die. And when I'm swimming, sometimes I'm not sure which one it is.

I was bribed into starting swimming with the promise of sweets and by being told that you can win medals. My mum had given me a bag of medals which she had won when she was young, so the idea of winning medals was very exciting.

After my swims this weekend I think coach realized, you know what, you have to have a good one getting out of this meet. So I put the suit on and had a decent swim.

My father was a swim teacher. We used to swim before school, swim after school.

There's just something about that cold rush that I know I hate and a lot of other swimmers hate.

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

A huge part of swimming for me is I love it, and it is so much fun.

Michael Phelps wouldn't have been on the Wheaties box if I stuck with swimming. I've been swimming since I was a little kid. I still swim. I'm the best.

Growing up, I was a water baby. We lived near a lake, had a pool in our backyard, and as soon as I was old enough, I joined a swim team. By 10, I was winning local events.

Both my kids are international swimmers and national champions.

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

I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal.

I swam at school a lot. Long-distance swimming in pools, and diving, then when we moved to Hastings when I was 13 I used to swim in the sea all the time; I loved it out of season and when it was rough.

I do a lot of swimming, both in the ocean and in the pool.

When I'm preparing for a swim, I imagine absolutely everything about it: the color of the water, how cold it is, the taste of salt in my mouth. I visualize each and every stroke.

Back in my mind, I never, ever wanted to give up swimming; it was something that I would carry on with.

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!

I just always really wanted to swim. It was always a family thing: dad obviously swam, and my sister did, too. And mum used to come along to meets. They had to drag me out of the pool - so there was never any pressure on me to swim. It was just something I loved doing.

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

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

There's not that many great swimmers from Brooklyn.