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Swimming is one of the best things about summer. With that in mind, check out the top 52 swimming quotes to cool you off this summer.
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#52 – 50. Swimming Quotes
52. I wouldn’t say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it. – Michael Phelps
51. Do activities you’re passionate about – which make your heart and soul feel perky – including things like working out, cooking, painting, writing, yoga, hiking, walking, swimming, being in nature, being around art, or reading inspiring books. – Karen Salmansohn
50. I love to watch the movement of light on water, and I love to play in rivers and lakes, swimming or canoeing. I am fascinated by people who work with water – fishermen, boatmen – and by a way of life that is dominated by water. – Berlie Doherty
#49 – 40. Swimming Quotes
49. Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream. – W. C. Fields
48. A huge part of swimming for me is I love it, and it is so much fun. – Missy Franklin
47. Believe in yourself, not only in swimming but in life itself. You always have to have fun. You have to have an open mind. If you’re not enjoying it, don’t do it. Life’s too short. – Debbie Meyer
46. It’s unbelievable I’m swimming so fast. I went in with no expectations, I just went out hoping to get a personal best, I went out there with a smile, just to have fun and see what would happen. – Jade Edmistone
45. I’m just a simple guy swimming in a sea of sharks. – Don Johnson
44. I’ve just been enjoying the training a bit more. I’ve put too much pressure on myself in the past. Just relax and let it come. I just went out there to have a bit of fun tonight. – Sophie Edington
43. I told myself there was no way I was going to let this training go to waste. It was my time, and I was ready to go. – Katie Hoff
42. With so many people saying it couldn’t be done, all it takes is an imagination. – Michael Phelps
41. I love to exercise outside in the fresh air and sun: hiking, swimming, stand-up paddleboarding, and jogging. – Colbie Caillat
40. This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can’t see how deep it is. – Dennis Rodman
#39 – 30. Swimming Quotes
39. I can’t control what everyone else swims but if all goes well I know there are no limits. – Leisl Jones
38. Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better. – Pat Riley
37. All good writing is swimming underwater and holding your breath. – F. Scott Fitzgerald
36. In training everyone focuses on 90% physical and 10% mental, but in the races its 90% mental because there’s very little that separates us physically at the elite level. – Elka Graham
35. My preference is swimming in the sea. I find the sea is more liberating, wild and good fun rather than plodding up and down a pool. – Jo Brand
34. Swimming has its educational value – mental, moral, and physical – in giving you a sense of mastery over an element, and of power of saving life, and in the development of wind and limb. – Robert Baden-Powell
33. 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. – Demetri Martin
32. I swam the race like I trained to swim it. It is not mathematical. I just let my body do it. It is a lot easier if you let your body do what it is trained for. – Ian Thorpe
31. For myself, losing is not coming second. It’s getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I’ve been in. – Ian Thorpe
30. I actually love swimming but I just hate jumping in the water. – Natalie Coughlin
#29 – 20. Swimming Quotes
29. Swimming isn’t everything, winning is. – Mark Spitz
28. I want people to see the passion I have for swimming and become more involved in the sport. – Ryan Lochte
27. Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool. – Esther Williams
26. To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead, you relax, and float. – Alan Watts
25. Being your best is not so much about overcoming the barriers other people place in front of you as it is about overcoming the barriers we place in front of ourselves. – Kieren Perkins
24. The water is your friend…you don’t have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move. – Alexandr Popov
23. On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock. – I can’t really do the running on hard ground that I used to do. Instead, I go swimming as often as possible. – Jamie Dornan
22. I have been visualizing myself every night for the past four years standing on the podium having the gold placed around my neck. – Megan Quann
21. Swimming is one of the hardest sports. – Stephanie Rice
20. Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
#19 – 10. Swimming Quotes
19. Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement – and we will make the goal. – Robert Collier
18. Don’t wait for your ship to come in. Swim out to it. – Steve Southerland
17. When you prepare for something, it’s like jumping into cold water, but you’re prepared. You jump in. And you start swimming, or if you don’t swim, you drown. – Rza
16. Many people cycle or swim to keep trim. But if swimming is so good for the figure, how do you explain whales? – Charles Saatchi
15. I’m so used to swimming with the piranhas. And they’re really not that bad. – Brie Larson
14. In most sports, they have a physical effect on your performance, in swimming only psychological. If you worry about what your rival is doing, you take your mind off what you are doing and so fail to concentrate on your performance. – Bachrach
13. I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming. – Michael Phelps
12. If you want to learn to swim, jump into the water. On dry land, no frame of mind is ever going to help you. – Bruce Lee
11. I love going to the beach and swimming in the ocean. I think it’s so relaxing. It’s also a great form of active recovery. It’s perfect for those rest days when you still want to move a little bit. – Eugenie Bouchard
10. The water is your friend…..you don’t have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move. – Alexandr Popov
#9 – 1. Swimming Quotes
9. To achieve fitness one need not hit the gym. One can always opt for any sport: yoga, jog, swimming, and much more. The idea is to do something that not only burns calories but relieves stress as well. – Milind Soman
8. Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home. – Michael Phelps
7. To me, the sea is like a person – like a child that I’ve known a long time. It sounds crazy, I know, but when I swim in the sea, I talk to it. I never feel alone when I’m out there. – Gertrude Ederle
6. The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it. – Woodrow Wilson
5. Tonight was not about winning, it was about focusing on myself and what I was aiming to do. It’s the reason why I was able to swim so well. – Libby Lenton
4. Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked. – Warren Buffett
3. I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them. – Amanda Beard
2. Feel your way through the water. Don’t fight it. – Mark Young
1. People ask me ‘what was going through your mind in the race?’ and I don’t know. I try and …let my body do what it knows. – Ian Thorpe
Ideas for the top 52 swimming quotes come from the following sources.[1]Swim Teach – Swim Quotes[2]Everydaypower – Motivational Swim Quotes That Make a Splash[3]SayingImages – 50 Swim Quotes on Water Sports and Love of the Sea
