I appreciate the people there thinking about me, and I look forward to coming back to Paris for that occasion. Raymond Berry
What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win. Patty Berg
With my sport, I am outside and in the water, which can be really drying and damaging to the skin, so I try to be vigilant about taking good care of it. Amanda Beard
When people say to me, 'You're like the Anna Kournikova who wins,' I definitely take it as a compliment, because she's quite gorgeous. Amanda Beard
The swimming community is really conservative. I don't know why, because we're in no clothing whatsoever. Amanda Beard
People wanted to be friends with me for not the right reasons. They'd introduce me to somebody else as the Olympian or the swimmer. I didn't want to stand out. I wanted to blend in. Amanda Beard
Obviously, the competitor in you, you want to be in the top three every time in the pool. Amanda Beard
In swimming, everyone calls me grandma, because I'm the oldest there. Then with my friends, I'm the youngest and I'm the baby. It's definitely bizarre. Amanda Beard
I'd go to swim practice, put my face in the water, and I didn't have to talk to anybody. Swimming was like my escape, but it was also like this huge prison because I felt like I had to swim up to people's standards. Amanda Beard