“Dina: Budnick, why can't you just go swim in the lake? Budnick: Because fish fart in it!”— Gary Marks, Dina Alexander & Bobby Budnick, Danny Cooksey & Heidi Lucas, imdb.com
“Before I could drive. I used to be a swimmer. I swam competitively as a kid. I had to go to Tucson for a swim meet, and my parents couldn’t go, so I had to jump on with another kid’s parents. And basically, about 30 minutes into the drive from Tucson to Phoenix—which at that time, there was only an…”— Brett Berk, billboard.com
“I love to swim in the nude and roam around the house in the nude. You're just as free as a bird!”— Bettie Page, books.google.com
“Submerged, the idle chatter of the monkey mind recedes. Each stroke, each lap is like a metronome, lulling me into a calm state of presence. When my swim is complete, I have an inescapable feeling of gratitude, with a light dusting of accomplishment.”— Rich Roll, thoughtcatalog.com
“It had struck me a long time back that the dream of letting go into water is prevalent in the work of alcoholic writers. I'd been collecting them up, these little fantasies of cleanliness, purification, dissolution and death. Some were healthful: antidotes to a kind of felt dirtiness gathering elsew…”— Olivia Laing, amazon.com
“You’ll love it. Maybe not at first, but you will find the right exercise for you. Go for a run, do yoga, try boxing, start swimming. Figure out what’s fun and do it for an hour every day. Make it something you want to do, not have to do.”— Tyler Valkanas, thoughtcatalog.com
“So, if @SpeedoUSA dropped Ryan Lochte, does that mean they need a new spokesperson? I already waxed my bikini zone.”— Stephen Colbert, twitter.com
“Oof. I am knee deep in Oscars' rehearsals. Why, oh why did I ask for a wading pool...”— Neil Patrick Harris, twitter.com
“The things you learn from sports – setting goals, being part of a team, confidence – that’s invaluable. It’s not about trophies and ribbons. It’s about being on time for practice, accepting challenges and being fearful of the elements.”— Summer Sanders, blog.shareitfitness.com
“If I was stuck on a desert island with only one record, I would want it to be the record for being able to swim the farthest.”— Guy Endore-Kaise, twitter.com
“Happy. Just in my swim shorts, barefooted, wild-haired, in the red fire dark, singing, swigging wine, spitting, jumping, running - that’s the way to live.”— Jack Kerouac, amazon.com