Swimming: Swimming is the dance of the water and the swimmer. It’s about creating beauty in a space where gravity doesn’t exist.

Last night I spoke to my swim students and  nearly all of them are coming back to study with me. One is traveling to see relatives in India and another joined the football team for the summer.

1. “Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.” – Michael Phelps
2. “The water doesn’t know how old you are.” – Dara Torres
3. “Swimming is not just a sport; it’s a way to escape, to breathe, to find peace in the chaos of life.”
4. “The best swimmers are the ones who can swim with their mind.” – Bob Bowman
5. “Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.” – Matt Biondi
6. “Swim your own race. Be in competition with no one but yourself.”
7. “When you’re behind, it doesn’t mean you’re losing; it just means you’re about to make a great comeback.”
8. “The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.” – Woodrow Wilson
9. “You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.” – Michael Phelps
10. “Swimming is simply moving meditation.”
11. “To have a swimmer’s body, you must swim.” – Buck Dawson
12. “The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.” – Vince Lombardi
13. “Swimming is the only sport where you go from point A to point A and still cover a lot of distance.”
14. “Swimming – where you do enough laps to cover the Atlantic, but you end up just where you started.”
15. “Being a great swimmer isn’t about winning, it’s about pushing your boundaries until the pool feels too small.”
16. “Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.” – Rocky Balboa
17. “In swimming, every stroke and every breath counts. It’s the ultimate lesson in persistence.”
18. “A swimmer’s courage isn’t just about diving into the unknown; it’s about coming up for air, again and again.”
19. “Excellence is not a singular act but a habit. You are what you do repeatedly.” – Shaquille O’Neal
20. “Swimming is the dance of the water and the swimmer. It’s about creating beauty in a space where gravity doesn’t exist.”
21. “In the water, your only enemy is the clock.”
22. “Swimming is a sport of details. The smallest adjustments can make the biggest difference.”
23. “The water is my sky, and I swim to fly.”
24. “Life is like swimming; sometimes you hit a wall, turn around, and just keep going.”
25. “Swim in silence and let your success make the noise.” source