22+ Motivational Swimming Quotes

Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream!
- W.C. Fields

The harder you push, the more you are pulled.
- Nike

The struggle you're in today is developing the strenght you need for tomorrow.

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

There’s an old adage: the sensation of drowning reminds you of everything you ever knew about swimming.
- Frederick Weisel

You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
- Michael Phelps

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

If I swim in the ocean, I have a shark thought. Not a bad one, but just a little one.
- Tea Leoni

Isn't having a smoking section in a restaurant like having a peeing section in a swimming pool?

Breaststroke is an athletic event; butterfly is a political statement.
- Paul Tsongas

Don't wait for your ship to come in – swim out to it.

Seventy-five percent of our planet is water – can you swim?

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

This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can’t see how deep it is.
- Dennis Rodman

Swimming - what real men do while boys play football.

I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.
- Michael Phelps

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

I cannot control what goes on in another lane and this is how I focus on the games. There is no point in being nervous about other swimmers. It’s just about focusing on yourself and what you need to do in order to perform at your best.
- Cameron van der Burgh

Sometimes we complain, but there is something beautiful about waking up before everyone to get better at what we love.
- Missy Franklin

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

She had a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach, like when you're swimming and you want to put your feet down on something solid, but the water's deeper than you think and there's nothing there.
- Julia Gregso