Quotes by Swimming Since early morning he had been swimming in the river, in company with his friends the ducks. And when the ducks stood on their heads suddenly, as ducks will, he would dive down and tickle their necks, just under where their chins would be if ducks had chins, till they were forced to come to the surface again in a hurry, spluttering and angry and shaking their feathers at him, for it is impossible to say quite all you feel when your head is under water. Kenneth Grahame swimming rivers morning 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 swimming overcoming people You don't accomplish much by swimming with the mainstream. Hell, a dead fish can do that. Kinky Friedman mainstream hell swimming In athletics, older runners tend to go for longer races, but it's the opposite in swimming because your body can't handle the endurance. Kirsty Coventry swimming race opposites There's a great metaphor that one of my doctors uses: If a fish is swimming in a dirty tank and it gets sick, do you take it to the vet and amputate the fin? No, you clean the water. So, I cleaned up my system. By eating organic raw greens, nuts and healthy fats, I am flooding my body with enzymes, vitamins and oxygen. Kris Carr swimming doctors dirty I did quite a bit of running before, but it's getting really cold so I joined a gym. I do a bit of swimming and I'm starting to do yoga again. Lara Stone swimming yoga running It's like swimming, underwater, this whole year. I just close my eyes. hold my breath, and keep kicking. Laura Moriarty swimming eye years We are America's Great Lakes people, her freshwater people, not an oceanic but a continental people. Whenever I swim in an ocean, I feel as though I am swimming in chicken soup. Kurt Vonnegut swimming ocean lakes In Athens I was 17 and I didn't have any expectations. I was just swimming fast and racing everybody. I didn't have the joy after my races in 2007. I didn't want to go to Beijing. I had to for sponsors. Laure Manaudou swimming race expectations My fitness routine includes things that are not stressful on my body - swimming, yoga, stretching, and rebounding. Laura Prepon routine swimming yoga My fitness routine includes things that are not stressful on my body - swimming, yoga, stretching, and rebounding. When I used to kill myself in the gym, it had an adverse effect on me because my body would be so stressed out and constantly in fight-or-flight mode. Laura Prepon swimming yoga fighting My head is my favorite swimming pool. Lauren DeStefano pool swimming my-favorite Marijuana has killed far fewer people than swimming pools; it’s the war against it that does all the violence. Lawrence Reed marijuana swimming war Po swirled upward from where it had been sitting, and floated over to the window. "When you go swimming and you put your head under the water," Po said, "and everything is strange and underwater-sounding, and strange and underwater-looking, you don't miss the air do you? You don't miss the above-water sounds and the above-water look. It's just different." "True." Liesl was quiet for a moment. Then she added, "But I bet you'd miss it if you were drowning. I bet you'd really miss the air then." Lauren Oliver swimming air water The pictures achieve something rarely articulated about the metaphysical state of swimming: The body, immersed, feels amplified, heavier and lighter at the same time. Weightless yet stronger. Leanne Shapton swimming stronger body I remember a story I once heard about drowning: that when you fall into cold water it's not that you drown right away but that the cold disorients you and makes you think that down is up and up is down, so you may be swimming, swimming, swimming for your life in the wrong direction, all the way toward the bottom until you sink. That's how I feel, as though everything has been turned around. Lauren Oliver swimming fall thinking I love being outdoors - hiking, biking, and swimming. Lea Michele biking swimming hiking I picture the evidence for the deity of Jesus to be like the fast-moving current in a river. To deny the data would be like swimming upstream against the current. That doesn't make sense. What's logical, based on the strength of the case for Christ, is to swim in the same direction the evidence is pointing by putting your trust in Jesus as your forgiver and leader. Lee Strobel swimming moving jesus I'm really quite exhausted at the moment, but you never know, you are always surprised at what you can find sometimes, and maybe I will find something deep within to find the desire to swim fast Leisel Jones swimming motivational sports I can't control what everyone else swims but if all goes well I know there are no limits. Leisel Jones swimming limits motivational «1112131415161718192021»