Swimming Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old swimming quotes, swimming sayings, and swimming proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Swimming for his life, a man does not see much of the country through which the river winds. W.E. Gladstone
It's like swimming, once you learn it you never forget it. Miguel de Cervantes
Here, a house without a pool is like a neck with no diamond necklace; a swimming pool is like jewelry for your house. Drew Barrymore
Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool. Esther Williams
Water for me is so essential, like swimming. Nastassja Kinski
Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement—and we will make the goal. Jerome Fleishman
The pictures achieve something rarely articulated about the metaphysical state of swimming: The body, immersed, feels amplified, heavier and lighter at the same time. Weightless yet stronger. Leanne Shapton
I have big friends who won't go swimming because they're too embarrassed about it. I feel that's such a shame because actually, people should be encouraging fat people who are exercising to do it, not pointing and laughing. Jo Brand
For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in. Ian Thorpe
If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do all the rest have to drown too? Steven Wright
I wanted to be an Olympic swimmer but I had some problems with buoyancy. Woody Allen
By swimming with the current, one can emerge from the gyre and live to see a new day. Marshall McLuhan
The current of destiny carries us along. None but a madman would swim against the stream, and none but a fool would exert himself to swim with it. The best way is to float quietly with the tide. William Cullen Bryant
The act of swimming can be one of healing, and health—a way to well-being. Bonnie Tsui
Swimming is about the mind, too. To find rhythm in the water is to discover a new way of being in the world, through flow. Bonnie Tsui
I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming. Jimmy Carter
When you retire, you don't get fat and old. C'mon: it's like a shark. Sharks never stop swimming; that's when they die. You gotta keep moving. Reggie Miller
Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun, and other times you do it to not die. And when I'm swimming, sometimes I'm not sure which one it is. Demetri Martin
It feels like I'm in a swimming pool, and I am constantly trying to stay above water. Sometimes I feel like I'm slipping, and you try to come up for air, and that's how it is when looking for the next role. Kym Whitley
Water was something he loved, something he respected. He understood its beauty and its dangers. He talked about swimming as if it were a way of life. Benjamin Alire Sáenz 
Some fish love to swim upstream. Some people love to overcome challenges. Amit Ray
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I swam the race like I trained to swim it. It is not mathematical. I just let my body do it. It is a lot easier if you let your body do what it is trained for. Ian Thorpe
When you are learning swimming, try to swim like a fish! Target the best so that you can always easily reach good and better! Mehmet Murat ildan
Swimming was the opposite of panic attack. Fluid and calm and quiet. John Corey Whaley
If you're a sailor, best not know how to swim. Swimming only prolongs the inevitable—if the sea wants you and your time has come. James Clavell
The key to success―keep swimming. Even when they tap you on the shoulder to say the pool has been drained, just keep swimming. Richelle E. Goodrich
Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream! W.C. Fields
You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and still come out completely dry. Most people do. Norman Juster
Don’t wait for your ship to come in – swim out to it! Cathy Hopkins