Swimming Endurance Quotes

I always wanted to swim the Channel, which is insane.

I can't surf, so I swim. It's the best workout I've ever known because it works your entire body.

As for swimming, I'm now in the pool 5 days a week from 8 to 10 a.m. And I'm in the gym for an hour and a half, 4 days a week. Two days upper body, two days lower.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

I swim a lot. I swim most days.

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.

I'm still swimming.

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

I can't swim at the level I used to. I had to retire because of an injury to my shoulder.

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

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

I want to run a marathon in the immediate future. In the future future, I want to do ironmans. I cycle long distances. The only thing I have to work on is the swimming. I'm a good swimmer, but I've never done long distances like that.

I think swimming's hard because I can't float.

How long can you tread water?

I've gradually gained more confidence swimming for distance in the open sea, but I still return to the rock pools.

I think for most people it's hard to understand what it is about swimming - I mean it's such a solo endeavour.

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 swam across Skaneateles Lake, about a mile, when I was 11 years old. I remember feeling when I was in the middle of the lake that I would be there forever, and having no idea where on shore I'd end up. I made it, and I'm proud of the determination and persistence that took.

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

I swim more or less every day.