Obviously, the competitor in you, you want to be in the top three every time in the pool. Amanda Beard
A pool is water, made available and useful, and is, as such, infinitely soothing to the western eye. Joan Didion
As for swimming, I'm now in the pool 5 days a week from 8 to 10 a.m. And I'm in the gym for an hour and a half, 4 days a week. Two days upper body, two days lower. Dana Torres
Even in high school, I'd tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn't too happy. She'd say, 'Think about this.' And I'd always end up getting back in the pool. Michael Phelps
I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal. Michael Phelps
I get out of the pool after a workout and look on my BlackBerry to see if the nanny called and to make sure everything's okay. My child is always on my mind. Dana Torres
I joined the swim team when I was 12, and I was the worst kid in the pool - I was put with a group of 7-year-olds. Lance Armstrong
I never set out to intentionally hurt any player and never enticed any teammate to intentionally hurt another player. I also never put any money into a bounty pool or helped to create a bounty pool intended to pay out money for injuring other players.Jonathan Vilma
I think the biggest things I am looking forward to is getting new faces into the sport. Getting kids who could be afraid of water to feel comfortable in the pool. Michael Phelps
I was raised in a family where vulnerability was barely tolerated: no training wheels on our bicycles, no goggles in the pool, just get it done. And so I grew up not only with discomfort about my own vulnerability, I didn't care for it in other people either. Brene Brown
I'm really looking forward to just concentrating on the swimming part now instead of what's going on with me outside the pool. Eric Shanteau
Just all that hard work, all those hours in the pool, I feel like it's about to pay off. I guess we'll just have to wait and see this summer. Ryan Lochte
Most people take long breaks after Olympics. I needed some normalcy back in my life, so I came back to the pool. Eric Shanteau
My oldest son always wants to race. He's kind of like me and it now has carried over to the other two. They're all pretty competitive now. We do stuff in the pool. They're like fish in water. They go all over the place. They're kids. They like to play, have fun and compete with everything they do. Steve Blake
The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one out because I didn't have a flip turn. Merlin Olsen