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Nobel prize money is a lifebelt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the shore in safety.

George Bernard Shaw

She's a very cerebral swimmer. She spends an inordinate amount of time studying her competition. When she gets into the pool with swimmers she hasn't competed against before, that knowledge gives her an edge.

Robin Tobias

We started to talk about it at 16. We were involved because as the bigger the boys got into swimming, the harder it was for Michael to compete. He was too great a swimmer to not be at the top.

Patricia Prout

Any time you can keep a local swimmer in your pool, I think it's a huge advantage. He's a local boy breaking school records. It's a great thing for him and pride for the community as well.

Bruce Marchionda

I wasn't really a swimmer before I took on this film, so I started training in a swimming pool, mostly working on my stroke so that at least it would look plausible that this guy could swim the Channel.

Peter Mullan

There's signals for just about everything from balancing your stroke, to getting a swimmer more into their turns, to just yelling so they know to get going.

Nancy Hinrichs

I'm just not trying to think about it as my last meet as a Virginia swimmer. After it's all over, I'll think of that. All the hard work we've done, I'm just going to go and have fun and swim fast.

Fran Crippen

She would probably cry and wonder what in the world she had done to make the other swimmer mad. She would be so distracted worrying about it, she would lose her concentration.

Linda Howard

Swimmer performance was awesome for the first meet ever in Nelson County High School history. Spectators could hardly believe it was a first-year team competing.

Amanda Hill

Leila is at the threshold of becoming a world-class swimmer. With continued progress, she will be a force to be reckoned with at the end of the season.

Ray Looze

She could give herself up to the written word as naturally as a good dancer to music or a fine swimmer to water. The only difficulty was that after finishing the last sentence she was left with a feeling at once hollow and uncomfortably full. Exactly like indigestion.

Jean Rhys

Technique is the basis of every pursuit. If you're a sportsman or you're a singer or a swimmer, well that comes under sport but you have to develop a basic technique to know what you're doing at any given time.

Joan Sutherland

Brett is far and away the best swimmer on our team because he's just so all-around talented.

Kevin Bell

Eugene's a really good swimmer. He's been doing a really nice job for us all winter. He had a nice solid freshman year. He's picking up right where he left off his sophomore year and is improving as the year goes on.

Mackenzie Callahan

Yeah certainly getting swimmer of the meet and all that sort of stuff, and you still have the (Michael) Phelps's, the (Michael) Crockers and (Aaron) Peirsols, and all those great competitors and it is just honour to have something like that.

Grant Hackett

Now that Justine's leaving, someone has to fill her spot as the universal swimmer. She's good at everything, so I'm hoping that I will be the one.

Tiffany Hernandez

I think she's got confidence now — she's seen her own flesh and blood, who's maybe not the most talented swimmer, get to the top through lots of hard work, so she knows it can be done.

Ryk Neethling

It's a big step for Jake. His 100-yard fly time was phenomenal. He led the first half of the race before another swimmer pulled ahead. He also had a real strong race in the 100-yard freestyle. He was still riding the high from his time in the 100-yard fly.

Helen Dixon

Libby is the hottest swimmer in the world right now and is on the way to becoming a superstar, if she is not already there.

Dave Flaskas

I have to pay attention to every swimmer. Every swimmer is important. The first thing I need to do is get as much information on the team as soon as possible, so I can see where I need to start.

Dan Lake

He got sick right before districts (Feb. 11), and he did a nice job of being able to drop in the 500. His IM was not his lifetime best, which was disappointing to him because he feels he's an all-around swimmer.

Shari Walling

There's not really too many adjustments to make because he's not the traditional swimmer. His reach and pull are totally different.

Robert Higashi

She's so personable, nice, and sweet, plus she's not that big for a swimmer, so she can relate to the swimmer's who aren't physically gifted.

Orlando Anaya

It was very exciting because I'm not known as a 50 swimmer and ever since I was quite young, I've had slow starts. I'm putting things into place now.

Leisel Jones

I saw rowing in the Olympics and I said, 'I want to do that. That's my sport,' ... I had always been a swimmer, but when I saw rowing, I said, 'That's it.'

Claire Gilbert

He gave me an opportunity to swim against the best swimmer of his day in the lane next to me, ... Don Schollander. He said, 'Keep up with him,' which I did. Then he taught me how to beat him, which I did. He was a great teacher. He knew what he was doing, and he instilled a tremendous amount of confidence in those around him.

Mark Spitz

His leadership doesn't come only from what he says, but what he does. He built himself up to become a well-rounded swimmer. But outside of the pool, he talked to the guys in ways I never could. He would offer advice and encouragement. I would have to say that he was like having a coach in the pool.

Frank Thomsen

She's the best girls swimmer we've ever had at Weston without a doubt and we've had some good ones. In addition to the points Eliza scores for us, she brings so much out of the pool. She's a great captain and leader.

Pete Foley

Ryan is certainly the best swimmer we've ever had at the University of Florida.

Gregg Troy

He's a very experienced swimmer. He's been swimming for years, so he is really strong and was able to step in and bring that relay to the next level. ... For a kid to come in midseason with less workout time than anyone else and get fifth in the backstroke is amazing.

Lisa Corbett

She's going to be a great swimmer the way she works at it. She goes at it year-round and her commitment is solid. She's also a lot of fun and keeps things loose.

Tara O'shea

I consider myself a swimmer and a diver. I know what swimmers go through and what divers go through. Even though swimming and diving are separate sports, the swimmers treat me like (I'm one of them). They are always there for me.

Sarah Snyder

He's one of the top breaststrokers in Class B. It's not very often you see kids make a transition from football to a fast swimmer.

Bob Johnston

He's an all around swimmer and diver. In fact, he's going to be a big part in a couple of our relays tomorrow.

Colin Shaha

I'd say he's the No. 1 swimmer we have had over all the years. He's so good in ability and leadership skills.

Marty O'toole

He's a special swimmer and will be successful at the college level because of his work ethic and determination to succeed.

Jeremy Landa

You can't have anything better than our best swimmer against their best swimmer. And that's what it came down to with everything on the line. It was more of a team effort, but in the end it was one versus one.

Joe Thier

It really was phenomenal. I would say that he came out with a purpose, like this is what he was supposed to do. If you had a chance to create a dream swimmer, this is who it would be.

Frank Thomsen

She's probably our most versatile sprinter. She's one swimmer I can plug in wherever and count on a win.

Bill Halpin

I need to push through some mental issues, some things that are holding me back from going fast. Being top five at state would be a great accomplishment, because there hasn't been a swimmer at North to do that in a long time.

Kris Husnick

Everybody was on their feet cheering him on. Andy is an incredible swimmer, an incredible athlete. I think what most of the people around the pool were talking about is how humble he is.

Brent Newman

Coach always puts us in the same lane. We train together and we've become better friends. We always hang out. Even though he's a guy, I look up to him because he's a badass swimmer.

Vanessa Duenas

It's good to mix things up. You never know when you're going to have a new [individual medley swimmer].

Laura Graf

As a swimmer and as a team you'd rather go to where the fastest pool is and if you have something modern, well you'd rather go there.

Jim Engler

Coming from a barely clothed childhood as a swimmer makes me really comfortable with my body.

Estella Warren

I've never seen a swimmer have more fun racing than he does. He just loves to race, and I've got to think that has a lot to do with him being where he is.

Eddie Sinnott

He was probably the best swimmer of the night.

Eddie Sinnott

Deedee swam her best time ever and reset her own school record by about a second. I want her to place as high as possible at state. I'd like to see her go under 2:10, which is a major milestone for a female high school swimmer.

Ed Burnsed