Nia Sharma Quotes

Growing up in Alaska, they don't really teach you to swim there. I learned to swim just a few summers ago with Olympic gold medalist Amanda Beard. She did great, and right after that I went to get scuba certified. I had fun with it. I didn't really get scared, but some people thought that was a risk.

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

Sometimes you meet people who can't swim. And I always think: 'Oh my God, that's extraordinary.' For me, it's always been a treat... I just feel really happy in the water.

I think the biggest things I am looking forward to is getting new faces into the sport. Getting kids who could be afraid of water to feel comfortable in the pool.

I was scared of water, so I learnt swimming.

I surf, swim, play water polo, and I paddle an outrigger canoe with my team. I'm also a klutz on land, so water is my thing.

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

I actually love swimming but I just hate jumping in the water.

Daily repetition matters when a kid is learning to swim. It can be 20 minutes in a lesson or an hour practicing for a couple of weeks.

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.'

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

I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie that I make.

I haven't swam in any of the rivers outside of Baltimore. I try to keep it in the pool.

I'm trying to conquer swimming. I'm getting there. I've gotta conquer it. I had a fear of drowning and tunnels and flying. I started flying and got my pilot's license, so I conquered that. Now, I'm onto swimming and tunnels.

Before I started surfing, I don't even know if I would have dived into the water at night alone. It was still scary.

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

For people who believe that they can't do it, I hope I'm an inspiration to others to get out there and try swimming. You might be pretty good at it.

Well, me don't swim too tough so me don't go in the water too deep.

President Can't Swim.

In the end, my love for surfing helped me overcome my fear of sharks.

If I don't know how to swim and two weeks later I know how to swim, I know how to swim.

If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you.

I don't flip. I don't even dive into a pool - straight cannonball for me. No, thanks.