Ultimate Swimming Quotes For Your Inspiration
Swimming Quotes from the best swimmers of all time. Be motivated to hit the pool
Great things never come from comfort zones.
Penny Oleksiak
I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
Michael Phelps
You are always racing against the other swimmers, but I always try to just focus on what I’m doing and how I want to swim my races.
Katie Ledecky
Great things never come from comfort zones.
Penny Oleksiak
I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
Michael Phelps
You are always racing against the other swimmers, but I always try to just focus on what I’m doing and how I want to swim my races.
Katie Ledecky
Peak performance is meditation in motion.
Greg Louganis
Figures are the most shocking things in the world. The prettiest little squiggles of black looked at in the right light and yet consider the blow they can give you upon the heart.
H.G. Wells, The History of Mr. Polly
If you’re scared to lose rather than excited to win, then that’s the wrong way to approach a race.
Cate Campbell
It’s easy to forget when you’re an elite athlete that everyone else gets nervous as well. Even the best people in the world, at whatever they do, they’re still nervous.
Leisl Jones
My whole swimming career was about training to beat Michael Phelps in any race I possibly could.
Chad le Clos
I knew I had all kinds of work to do and I left no stone unturned. But on the day I actually got to the Olympics there was this incredible, overwhelming, feeling that someone has to win this race and why not me?
Mark Tewksbury
In Athens I was 17 and I didn’t have any expectations. I was just swimming fast and racing everybody.
Laure Manaudou
I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them.
Amanda Beard
The best swimmers are the ones that almost don’t try the most… It’s just about relaxing and enjoying it.
Cate Campbell
In Athens I was 17 and I didn’t have any expectations. I was just swimming fast and racing everybody.
Laure Manaudou
I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them.
Amanda Beard
The best swimmers are the ones that almost don’t try the most… It’s just about relaxing and enjoying it.
Cate Campbell
I’m trying to do the best I can. I’m not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today.
Mark Spitz
Tonight was not about winning, it was about focusing on myself and what I was aiming to do. It’s the reason why I was able to swim so well.
Libby Lenton
In training, everyone focuses on 90% physical and 10% mental but in the races, it’s 90% mental because there’s very little that separates us physically at the elite level.
Elka Graham
I’m trying to do the best I can. I’m not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today.
Mark Spitz
Tonight was not about winning, it was about focusing on myself and what I was aiming to do. It’s the reason why I was able to swim so well.
Libby Lenton
In training, everyone focuses on 90% physical and 10% mental but in the races, it’s 90% mental because there’s very little that separates us physically at the elite level.
Elka Graham
It’s unbelievable, I’m swimming so fast. I went in with no expectations. I just went out hoping to get a personal best. I went out there with a smile, just to have fun and see what would happen.
Jade Edmistone
Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home.
Esther Williams
Never worry about what anyone else is doing…Just swim your own race.
Dara Torres
It’s unbelievable, I’m swimming so fast. I went in with no expectations. I just went out hoping to get a personal best. I went out there with a smile, just to have fun and see what would happen.
Jade Edmistone
Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home.
Esther Williams
Never worry about what anyone else is doing…Just swim your own race.
Dara Torres
Swimming is simply moving meditation.
Cesar Nikko Caharian
I know I’ve made huge gains in my confidence and knowing more about my racing and myself as a person. That has made me a better athlete.
Libby Lenton
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
Swimming is simply moving meditation.
Cesar Nikko Caharian
I know I’ve made huge gains in my confidence and knowing more about my racing and myself as a person. That has made me a better athlete.
Libby Lenton
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
We’ve seen, time and again, when people focus on the outcome rather than what needs to be done to achieve a desirable result, then the wheels fall off.
Cate Campbell
Enjoy the journey, enjoy every moment, and quit worrying about winning and losing.
Matt Biondi
When you’re racing you can’t hear anyone and you’re just in your head. It’s pretty cool to know that everything is just you and it’s just a mental game.
Penny Oleksiak
We’ve seen, time and again, when people focus on the outcome rather than what needs to be done to achieve a desirable result, then the wheels fall off.
Cate Campbell
Enjoy the journey, enjoy every moment, and quit worrying about winning and losing.
Matt Biondi
When you’re racing you can’t hear anyone and you’re just in your head. It’s pretty cool to know that everything is just you and it’s just a mental game.
Penny Oleksiak
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
I can’t control what everyone else swims but if all goes well I know there are no limits.
Leisl Jones
I’ve learned so much over the last few years, I’ve had ups and downs but I feel more motivated than ever to be the best person and athlete I can be.
Penny Oleksiak
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
I can’t control what everyone else swims but if all goes well I know there are no limits.
Leisl Jones
I’ve learned so much over the last few years, I’ve had ups and downs but I feel more motivated than ever to be the best person and athlete I can be.
Penny Oleksiak
“I’ve swum for my country, I’ve swum for my coaches and my schools and my teams. I decided this time I was going to swim for myself.
Janet Evans
Getting to the Olympics was, has always been, my swimming dream since I was 8 or 9 years old. You know, right after I started swimming it was, ‘I want to make an Olympic team. That’s where I want to be.
Eric Shanteau
The most important lesson I’ve learned from sports is how to be not only a gracious winner, but a good loser as well. Not everyone wins all the time, as a matter of fact, no one wins all the time. Winning is the easy part, losing is really tough. But, you learn more from one loss than you do from a million wins. You learn a lot about sportsmanship.
Amy Van Dyken
“I’ve swum for my country, I’ve swum for my coaches and my schools and my teams. I decided this time I was going to swim for myself.
Janet Evans
Getting to the Olympics was, has always been, my swimming dream since I was 8 or 9 years old. You know, right after I started swimming it was, ‘I want to make an Olympic team. That’s where I want to be.
Eric Shanteau
The most important lesson I’ve learned from sports is how to be not only a gracious winner, but a good loser as well. Not everyone wins all the time, as a matter of fact, no one wins all the time. Winning is the easy part, losing is really tough. But, you learn more from one loss than you do from a million wins. You learn a lot about sportsmanship.
Amy Van Dyken
I’ve enjoyed training again, I’ve enjoyed pushing myself in the pool and I’ll keep on swimming until I feel I cannot get any more out of myself.
Ian Thorpe
Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.
Michael Phelps
Swimming is one of the hardest sports.
Stephanie Rice
I’ve enjoyed training again, I’ve enjoyed pushing myself in the pool and I’ll keep on swimming until I feel I cannot get any more out of myself.
Ian Thorpe
Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.
Michael Phelps
Swimming is one of the hardest sports.
Stephanie Rice
Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
Natalie du Toit
I want people to see the passion I have for swimming and become more involved in the sport.
Ryan Lochte
A huge part of swimming for me is I love it, and it is so much fun.
Missy Franklin
Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
Natalie du Toit
I want people to see the passion I have for swimming and become more involved in the sport.
Ryan Lochte
A huge part of swimming for me is I love it, and it is so much fun.
Missy Franklin
Swimming is great because there are levels of goals. First, when I was four, it was making it to the other end and overcoming the fear of standing up in front of everybody at a swim meet because I was such a shy kid.
Summer Sanders
I can’t imagine what I would be doing if I wasn’t swimming. It is what I want to do now; it is what I want to do in the foreseeable future, and that is what I’m focusing on.
Cate Campbell
Enjoy swimming for swimming’s sake. We have to spend far too much time in the water to not enjoy the process of challenging yourself of moving through the water.
Jeff Rouse
Swimming is great because there are levels of goals. First, when I was four, it was making it to the other end and overcoming the fear of standing up in front of everybody at a swim meet because I was such a shy kid.
Summer Sanders
I can’t imagine what I would be doing if I wasn’t swimming. It is what I want to do now; it is what I want to do in the foreseeable future, and that is what I’m focusing on.
Cate Campbell
Enjoy swimming for swimming’s sake. We have to spend far too much time in the water to not enjoy the process of challenging yourself of moving through the water.
Jeff Rouse
It’s a beautiful thing, diving into the cool crisp water and then just sort of being able to pull your body through the water and the water opening up for you.
Dawn Fraser
Mainly, I like to have fun. Swimming is all about having fun, and I am a firm believer that you should keep swimming as long as you are having fun, but I can say that it becomes much more fun as you get older and learn more about the sport, life, and especially more about yourself.
Scott Goldblatt
On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock. – I can’t really do the running on hard ground that I used to do. Instead, I go swimming as often as possible.
Jamie Dornan
It’s a beautiful thing, diving into the cool crisp water and then just sort of being able to pull your body through the water and the water opening up for you.
Dawn Fraser
Mainly, I like to have fun. Swimming is all about having fun, and I am a firm believer that you should keep swimming as long as you are having fun, but I can say that it becomes much more fun as you get older and learn more about the sport, life, and especially more about yourself.
Scott Goldblatt
On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock. – I can’t really do the running on hard ground that I used to do. Instead, I go swimming as often as possible.
Jamie Dornan
Remember to do the things you enjoy away from swimming, regularly.
Ian Thorpe
I always tell people, I’m a better swimmer because I’m a mom and a better mom because I’m swimmer.
Amanda Beard
Being happy outside the pool means fast swimming in the pool.
Eric Shanteau
Remember to do the things you enjoy away from swimming, regularly.
Ian Thorpe
I always tell people, I’m a better swimmer because I’m a mom and a better mom because I’m swimmer.
Amanda Beard
Being happy outside the pool means fast swimming in the pool.
Eric Shanteau
Believe in yourself, not only in swimming but in life itself. You always have to have fun. You have to have an open mind. If you’re not enjoying it, don’t do it. Life’s too short.
Debbie Meyer
If you want me to swim fast, you have to let me enjoy my life.
Amanda Beard
Make yourself an example, achieve it, but don’t hurt anyone on the way up.
Dawn Fraser
Believe in yourself, not only in swimming but in life itself. You always have to have fun. You have to have an open mind. If you’re not enjoying it, don’t do it. Life’s too short.
Debbie Meyer
If you want me to swim fast, you have to let me enjoy my life.
Amanda Beard
Make yourself an example, achieve it, but don’t hurt anyone on the way up.
Dawn Fraser
Without goals, training has no direction.
Natalie Coughlin
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.
Summer Sanders
Excellence eliminates doubt.
Anne Ottenbrite
Motivational Swimming Quotes To Get You To Train And Persevere
Without goals, training has no direction.
Natalie Coughlin
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.
Summer Sanders
Excellence eliminates doubt.
Anne Ottenbrite
Swimming took up so much of my faculties, and for so long, I was willing to give it everything.
Aaron Peirsol
The reason swimming is one of the hardest sports is because you have to be in the pool by yourself every day, making that sacrifice. There’s no time to do anything else.
Chad le Clos
There are days when I don’t feel motivated and I don’t want to get up to go to practice. I’m a very goal-oriented person, so I set short-term goals and try to reach those goals. And when I have those days, I think about those goals, and it gets me motivated.
Dara Torres
Swimming took up so much of my faculties, and for so long, I was willing to give it everything.
Aaron Peirsol
The reason swimming is one of the hardest sports is because you have to be in the pool by yourself every day, making that sacrifice. There’s no time to do anything else.
Chad le Clos
There are days when I don’t feel motivated and I don’t want to get up to go to practice. I’m a very goal-oriented person, so I set short-term goals and try to reach those goals. And when I have those days, I think about those goals, and it gets me motivated.
Dara Torres
While we are here we should set goals and achieve them, make the best of things, make others feel good about themselves, and be happy with what we are and what we are doing.
Janet Evans
I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I’m not feeling good – work on technique or something like that.
Katie Ledecky
I am a firm believer that you don’t achieve greatness on your own. There is always someone there to lend a hand.
Greg Louganis
While we are here we should set goals and achieve them, make the best of things, make others feel good about themselves, and be happy with what we are and what we are doing.
Janet Evans
I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I’m not feeling good – work on technique or something like that.
Katie Ledecky
I am a firm believer that you don’t achieve greatness on your own. There is always someone there to lend a hand.
Greg Louganis
Swimming took up so much of my faculties, and for so long, I was willing to give it everything.
Aaron Peirsol
You don’t want to line up on the blocks and know you have not done everything you possibly can.
Stephanie Rice
Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.
Matt Biondi
Swimming took up so much of my faculties, and for so long, I was willing to give it everything.
Aaron Peirsol
You don’t want to line up on the blocks and know you have not done everything you possibly can.
Stephanie Rice
Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.
Matt Biondi
Swimming gives me immense satisfaction.
Lara Dutta
I love skinny-dipping. Night swimming as well; that’s my favorite.
Jamie Lawson
I grew up watching swimming and amazing athletes in Australia and grew up wanting to do the same.
Emma McKeon
Swimming gives me immense satisfaction.
Lara Dutta
I love skinny-dipping. Night swimming as well; that’s my favorite.
Jamie Lawson
I grew up watching swimming and amazing athletes in Australia and grew up wanting to do the same.
Emma McKeon
It’s easy to forget when you’re an elite athlete that everyone else gets nervous as well. Even the best people in the world, at whatever they do, they’re still nervous.
Leisl Jones
My whole swimming career was about training to beat Michael Phelps in any race I possibly could.
Chad le Clos
I knew I had all kinds of work to do and I left no stone unturned. But on the day I actually got to the Olympics there was this incredible, overwhelming, feeling that someone has to win this race and why not me?
Mark Tewksbury
Peak performance is meditation in motion.
Greg Louganis
“It’s not who’s put up the fastest time in the world that year, or who’s put up the fastest time in the previous four years, but who can get their hand on the wall first today.
Nathan Adrian
If you’re scared to lose rather than excited to win, then that’s the wrong way to approach a race.
Cate Campbell
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