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Swimming is one of the hardest sports. -- Stephanie Rice
I was into sports and swimming as a kid and didn't spend a whole lot of time sitting down. I was a gymnast. -- Mads Mikkelsen
I have never cared especially for outdoor sports and have no desire to excel at tennis, swimming, or golf. I'll leave those things to the men. -- Marilyn Monroe
I never really participated in specific sports or anything, but once I hit 40, I started to get a little bit more active and began swimming more. -- Shigeru Miyamoto
Actually, I always dreamed about getting a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle in Olympic swimming. I always thought that would be the epic award in sports to get. -- Chris Klein
I think I was a good student, because I jumped over a school. My main interest was basically history and literature. Sports were basically basketball and swimming at a pool. I was so happy. -- Shimon Peres
It was actually drumming that gave me the stamina to get into sports later. I started playing drums at 13, and when I got to the international touring level... I got interested in cross-country skiing, long-distance swimming, bicycling... things that require stamina, not finesse. -- Neil Peart
Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the board, from swimming to gymnastics to softball to basketball. It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come. -- Jennie Finch
I like sports, and swimming is my favorite. Doing physical exercises keeps one fit and healthy and helps one work more efficiently. I think we all need to strike a balance between work and relaxation. This can keep us energetic and help us do our job better. -- Xi Jinping
As parents, we need to send our kids back to 'old-fashioned' outdoor summer camps, which have been on the decline as the demand for sports and academics-based camps has risen. We need to fight budget cuts to public parks programs and resist closures of public swimming pools and playgrounds. -- Darell Hammond
Swimming is probably the ultimate of burnout sports. It's ironic because millions of people who swim as their regular exercise love the meditation aspect of it; you don't wind up with any orthopedic injuries. But when you swim at a world class level for hours and hours - the loneness of the long distance runner. -- Diana Nyad
I think it is easier for thinner people to build on a frame once you get lean muscle. I get bored lifting weights at the gym, and it isn't enough as your body becomes stiff. So I train in different ways such as core training, cardio with weights, playing sports such as tennis, cycling, swimming and running 10 km once a week. -- Arjun Rampal
Swimming is probably the ultimate of burnout sports. -- Diana Nyad
I love sailing and water sports; whether it's water skiing, body boarding or surfing or simply swimming in the ocean. -- Karolina Kurkova
The only reason I started swimming was for water safety. Then, once I started falling in love with sports, I got more comfortable with it. -- Michael Phelps
I lead a very physical life. I played a lot of sports and I spent a lot of time in the water surfing, swimming. I was a big swimmer. -- Dustin Clare

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