- Gym
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- Nov 07, 2020
Swimming Quotes
Most Famous Swimming Quotes of All Time!
These swimming quotes use the image of staying afloat between cultures, belonging fully to none but shaped by all of them. That reflective tone pairs with Like quotes about finding your own place in the world.
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- Climb
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- Nov 07, 2020
To get ready to climb Everest, I did a lot of hill running with a daypack on and a lot of underwater swimming. I would swim a couple of lengths underwater and then a couple above. It gets your body going with limited oxygen.
- Fishes
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- Nov 07, 2020
There can be little doubt that fishes swimming rapidly do not make respiratory movements at all, but obtain the necessary ventilation of the gills simply by opening the mouth.
- Fishes
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is no doubt technically possible to study metabolism and respiration of fishes during swimming at a constant rate, and of certain insects and birds during flight, and to obtain information similar to that obtained on man during work on a bicycle ergometer or a treadmill.
- Applauded
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- Nov 07, 2020
When synchronised swimming first appeared on TV, we laughed very heartily, and I, for one, applauded the decision to introduce humour into the Olympics.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like running and swimming, and exercise four or five times a week, but not for long - about 30 minutes. I just exercise by myself and find that as I get older it becomes easier. In school I remember not enjoying running at all.
- Gym
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like cycling and swimming and walking everywhere. I'm not going to the gym. I like being outside rather than inside a room.
- Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
The same way you train yourself to be physically gifted player - whether you do weights, or running to get in shape or swimming - the mental side is the same way. You've got to train yourself to be ready for whatever.
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have fond memories of my kabaddi exploits at Lawrence School. I also enjoyed tennis and swimming.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I rented a house in Favignana, off the coast of Sicily, in the mid or late '90s. There was a revolving door of visiting friends and family - we played games, painted our faces, went swimming naked, cooked big meals, rode around on motorini, and had great cappuccinos.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd go to swim practice, put my face in the water, and I didn't have to talk to anybody. Swimming was like my escape, but it was also like this huge prison because I felt like I had to swim up to people's standards.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
The swimming community is really conservative. I don't know why, because we're in no clothing whatsoever.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
In swimming, everyone calls me grandma, because I'm the oldest there. Then with my friends, I'm the youngest and I'm the baby. It's definitely bizarre.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was bribed into starting swimming with the promise of sweets and by being told that you can win medals. My mum had given me a bag of medals which she had won when she was young, so the idea of winning medals was very exciting.
- Challenge
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first event was in Nottingham, aged 11, and the prize was a bike. I thought, 'Wow.' I had no idea what to wear. I think I did it in swimming trunks, then just put on a T-shirt and shoes for the bike part. Triathlons felt exotic. There was a technical and tactical aspect to it as well as the endurance challenge. I was hooked.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love Roger Deakin's writing, and enjoyed making a programme about wild swimming for BBC4, inspired by his book about his own aquatic adventures, 'Waterlog'.
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