Swimming Quotes

Every sportsman requires some inspiration and motivation in order to gain success, and swimming is no exception. There are many famous sayings by famous swimmers in the world who have gained remarkable success in this sport. These famous quotes will definitely inspire those new and amateur in this field.

Inspirational Quotes and Sayings About Swimming

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

I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. There's no better time to try this than now.
~ Michael Phelps

I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them.
~ Amanda Beard

No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim.
~ Russian Proverb

Sometimes God calms the storm. At other times, he calms the sailor. And sometimes he makes us swim.

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

It's been told that swimming is a wimp sport, but I don't see it. We don't get timeouts, in the middle of a race we can't stop and catch our breath, we can't roll on our stomachs and lie there, and we can't ask for a substitution.
~ Dusty Hicks

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

Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream!

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.
~ Jerome Fleishman

You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and still come out completely dry. Most people do.
~ Author Unknown

Swimming: From the outside looking in, you can't understand it. From the inside looking out, you can't explain it!

I enjoyed every bit of my swimming career. I think that's the most important advice - to enjoy what you do.
~ Summer Sanders

If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.
~ Abraham Maslow

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.
~ James Garfield

Don't wait for your ship to come in - swim out to it!

Funny Quotes

Swimming - what real men do while boys play football!

Fish, to taste good, must swim three times: in water, in butter, and in wine.
~ Proverb

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

Seventy-five percent of our planet is water - can you swim?
~ Author Unknown

Life's simple eat...sleep...swim...any questions?
~ Author Unknown

If you are seriously considering to take up swimming, you will surely get inspired by these quotes and sayings. Good luck!