"Championship swimmers make excuses to train, mediocre swimmers make excuses not to train."
Attitude: When your opponent is bigger, faster, stronger - train harder, longer, smarter. If you have a lane - you have a chance. 7 days without swimming makes one weak Swim smarter not harder. "You are never a true compeditive swimmer if you heart is not in it" -Coach Brian "Trip" Fell (Paschal High School Swimming Coach) "3/4 of the Earth is water.. but I only need one lane to kick your as*." "I was given the option to sink or swim. I think I made the right choice." I don't care who is swimming next to me. It could be the fastest person in the world; it could be the slowest. My goal is the time on the clock!-?egan Quann Our greatest inspiration is not to outdo others, but to out do ourselves." JO doesn't always mean Jr. Olympics If u want to swim, practice. If u want to win, practice harder! "One superstition I have is that I always paint my fingers gold because gold is what I want, and my fingers are the first part of the body to touch the wall." - Megan Quann i trade sweat for strength...i trade doubt for belief...i trade swimming for nothing "Don't wait for you ship to come in, swim out to it" "Dive deeper, stroke harder, swim faster." "Dedication: 'I can't...I have swim practice.'" Always behave like a duck--keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath. --Jacob Braude "Slippery when wet" Veni. Natavi. Vicci. (I came. I swam. I conquered.) I'm not fast, you're just slow. Remember, when you are not practicing, someone somewhere is and when you meet him, he will win. Real Athletes swim, the rest play games. Perseverance: Follow your dreams to the finish - no matter what. i swim, therefore IM. Not all athletes wear shoes. "From the outside looking in you can't understand it, From the inside looking out, you can't explain it" Why swim when you can fly. Girls are the most natural swimmers, guys just look good. (sorry guys, lol.) Why be dry? "Breathing is essential for life, NOT the 50 freestyle" "The race starts long before you step up onto the block". "Real men wear speedos" "Pain is weakness leaving the body" "Pain is a small price to pay for victory" "If you want to swim with the sharks, get out of the duck poud!" "Life's short swim hard" "The meek may inherit the world but they will never rule the water!" "It's not that a role model doesn't have fears, there just isn't enough room in the suits for the both of them!" "We do more in warm up then sprinters do in a day" "A role model is the last one out of the pool at practice and the first one out when it counts!" "A role model isn't someone you pay to watch but who you are when everyone else is watching" "Competiton is finding you limits Winning is blowing them away!" You can't beat what you can't catch. Success is measured one stroke at a time. The spirit to win and the will to excel is always measured one stroke at a time. "If swimming were any easier, we'd call it football." "Butterfly builds character" "Hard Work beats talent, unless talent works hard." "To be Early is to be on time. To be on time is to be late. To be late is to be DEAD!" "Swimming is more than a sport of the individual. It is the challenge of character, the strength of spirit, and the hope of the future." "No one but a swimmer can describe the feeling of the morning practice, or diving into the water in a meet, or the thrill of success and the heartbreak of the hundredth of a second." "Practice makes perfect, so if you want to be perfect, show up for practice" Dedication is wearing a bathing suit 4 sizes too small "I don't swim to see who's the fastest- I swim to see who has the most desire" "I like to break dance before I swim." - Lenny Krazelberg, Teen Magazine Swimmer's Prayer: Dear Lord, Give me strength of heart, mind, and body to do my very best for You, my team, and myself. Fill me with courage to keep my faith and witness strong and to honor you among my teammates. Amen. Chlorine - the drink of champions. "A WOMAN CANT RESIST A MAN WHO LOOKS GOOD IN A SPEEDO" "WHATS LONG HARD AND LASTS 2 AND A HALF HOURS?? SWIM PRACTICE"
Swimmer's Poem After hearing that longed for beep, Into the air I willingly leap. While leaving the block in my start, My throat now contains my heart. Not even thinking about taking in air, Because being last is not to bear. For now, unable to hear a sound, A wall ahead is what I've found. Now a lap seeming not too long, I begin to swim, ever so strong. At last, only meters yet to go, Harder into the water, my body I throw. My fingers touch the wall, I can finally say, And I am happy to look back, at second place in my spray. And only when my lips let forth a victorious moan, Then I know I've set the tone.
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