Chad le Clos

My dad always taught me never to give up in my mind. You can never really beat me. It sounds ridiculous, but I will always come back for you. You can't beat someone who never gives up. I could lose 100 times to you, but I will always get you. I will die trying. This applies not only to swimming but to my life as well.

South African Athlete

Netta Barzilai

For years I would sit on the side when my friends swam in the water. There is no feeling worse than that, to be afraid of what people will say about you, or to be embarrassed by who you are and what you are.

Israeli Singer

Robert Collier

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.

American Author

Jack Ma

When I was 12 years old, I went to swim in a lake, and I almost died in that lake because the water was too deep - much deeper than I thought.

Chinese Businessman

Emma McKeon

I love seeing other people swim quickly, it gives you a bit more motivation to keep pushing and get the best out of yourself.

Australian Athlete

Brian May

I like to go for a walk or swimming or in the garden when I can. It's a busy kind of life, but I guess I'm lucky.

English Musician

Jessica Long

I love swimming, but swimming can't be my entire identity, my entire world.

American Athlete

Natalie du Toit

Swimming is my passion and something that I love.

Michael Phelps

I try to separate my personal life from swimming.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

British Composer

Swim involves actual physical movements in water, usually with arms and legs.

Physical Movement

Swimming can be done alone or as part of a group, like in races or synchronized swimming.

Solo or Groups

Being able to swim requires learning and practice. It's not an innate ability in humans.

Requires Skill

Swimming with a liquid can be a metaphor for being overwhelmed by an emotion.

Metaphoric Use

This use emphasizes the intensity or abundance of a substance around something.

Intensity

Swim here describes the way things can seem to move due to dizziness or other factors.

Distortion Perception

Swim here highlights moving in an effortlessly smooth manner, like floating.

Smooth Movement

As a noun, it refers to the action or time period spent swimming.

Activity

A swim is often for recreation or exercise rather than transportation.

Recreational

Swim can mean being surrounded by a lot of something, usually intangible.

Figurative Abundance

 and nobody stands like this, with a portable black bar. It's extraordinary. So we decided to put them in a pool, show Billy swimming -- -- show how it presents itself, but keep going, and keep presenting how these kids look, but put the humanity back in these gorgeous images. I only have a few seconds here, so I'm going to go through.

Rick Guidotti: From...

 Now that we're integrating them into the compound, one of the most important aspects is obviously being on display here, where the public can see them. And part of that is just getting them introduced and used to the big pool that we have. We're going to see if we can take them for one of their very first proper swims.

Tiger Cubs Swimming For...

 would earn a spot on the zodiac calendar in the order they arrived. The rat rose with the sun to get an early start, but on the way to the river, he met the horse, the tiger, and the ox. Because the rat was small and couldn't swim very well, he asked the bigger animals for help. While the tiger and horse refused,

The myth behind the...

 this place is the holy grail of wildlife filmmaking as at this time of year it's home to one of the highest concentrations of wildlife on the planet right now over two million macaroni penguins of returning to raise their young ones after swimming miles in

Macaroni Penguins Swim,...

 Just like this and I just laid on it and I hugged it. I held onto him like this and I hugged it and I laid there forever. I just laid there and he didn't move either. So we swam up to the back of the boat where everyone was crying,

A whale saved my life PIPE...

 give a night or two any woman player in the world and I can still beat her but to give you perspective what is to give a night or in chess it's like entering in a swimming competition having your

Giving checkmate is...

 before slowly diving underneath swimming away. I'm a marine biologists professionally. I spent a lot of time at sea and have seen a large variety of different wildlife.

Great White Shark...

 world they weigh over a ton and are armed with tusks a meter long exhausted from his swim the bear must regain his strength

ONE HOUR of Amazing...

 and that is swim this crab lives its adult life entirely on land so you'd think this wouldn't be too much of a problem

This Crab Can't Swim,...

 Each seal is indeed swimming for its life.