Raymond Bonner Quotes

Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.

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

As long as there's a body of water nearby, I'm happy. Pools don't count. I like diving into the ocean and coming out refreshed.

I have always had the sea as my playground.

I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel.

We don't have to test our boundaries anymore. We definitely know what they are.

It's such a liberating feeling to go out of your comfort zone, to be independent and strike out on my own without my parents.

The wilderness rescued me. I have been shaped by my experiences in the great outdoors. Feeling comfortable in the wild gave me the confidence to be who I am, not who others want me to be.

I absolutely fell in love with being on the water and the peace and freedom that you get being on the water in a single boat.

Performing didn't feel comfortable until I was about 17. I loved to sing, but I always said I would never perform because I was too scared.

I need to live in new shoes and not be a dancer.

I have traveled the world by myself.

Climbing is all about freedom, the freedom to go beyond all the rules and take a chance, to experience something new, to gain insight into human nature.

I loved to do sports when I was young. We were on a family holiday and went sailing. I just loved it. And there, you can say, life began to change for me.

While scuba diving off the British Virgin Islands about 25 years ago, our boat's anchor got stuck. I dived down to release it, but I got separated from the boat and was stranded as it sped away. I had to swim for an hour to the nearest island with all my scuba kit on before I was rescued.

I grew up as a swimmer, speaking of sports; I spent a lot of time before school and after school swimming.

I am doing something I love, travelling the world, meeting fans, feeling confident, and I am no longer restricted by my sexuality.

I like to swim. Love a swim, any time I can do that is a good thing.

When I started, I was 18 and really into punk rock and just wanted the action. Over the years, I've gravitated towards the travel and experience around surfing and trying to relay that feeling. Going forward, I'm interested in story-driven and personality-driven themes.

Oh the wild joys of living! The leaping from rock to rock ... the cool silver shock of the plunge in a pool's living waters.

I moved my arms through the water, feeling them float on the surface, watching the waves and wake that followed my gesture. Here was magic, I thought. Here was something holy.

I must see new things and investigate them. I want to taste dark water and see crackling trees and wild winds.

What greater delight and wonder can there be than to leave the straight lines of personality and deviate into these footpaths that lead beneath brambles and thick tree trunks into the heart of the forest where live those wild beasts, our fellow men? That is true: to escape is the greatest of pleasures; street haunting in winter the greatest of adventures.

I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads.

Breaking composure, confidence, and speed in the water makes you lose the race, not the goggles that fell off your head when you dove in.