Swimming Famous Players Quotes

"Wins and losses come a dime a dozen. But the effore, nobody can judge effort. Because effort is between you and you. Effort ain't got anything to do with nobody else."

- Ray Lewis

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"So many people along the way, whatever it is you aspire to do, will tell you it can't be done. But all it takes is imagination. You dream. You plan. You reach."

- Michael Phelps

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"There is no single way to train. Or do anything well. You have to keep thinking, keep doing things."

- Alexander Dale Oen

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"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."

- Vince Lombardi

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"Success isn't final, failure isn't fatal, it's courage that counts."

- Alicia Coutts

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"For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in."

- Ian Thorpe

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"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."

- Alexander Popov

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"In training everyone focuses on 90% physical and 10% mental, but in the races its 90% mental because there's very little that seperates us physically at the elite level."

- Elka Graham

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"If you're not on your 'A' game in our workouts every day, you're going to get absolutely smoked."

- Michael Phelps

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"At the start of each day, I remind myself, my toughest opponent is in the mirror."

- Ryan Lochte

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