The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.” Quality, high-level swimming should be your default setting.Ĭhoose excellence in everything you do, large and small, and excellence will simply be something you are.Ĥ. One of the easiest ways to see who is going to be successful is to see how well they work when there is no one else around. It’s about doing your best, all the time, regardless of who is watching. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” – Steve Jobsīeing a kick-butt swimmer is about much more than setting records or winning gold medals. It is about being part of an environment that fosters and encourages success for not only yourself and the swimmers in your group but the ones coming up behind you. While it is inevitable that the perceived authority of a select number of people close to you – whether it is a family member, coach, friend – may have some impact on you, do not allow others to dictate what you are capable of.ģ. Use their nay-saying and doubt as fuel for some epic swimming.

You will be told numerous times over the course of your swimming career that you can’t do something. The reality is an overwhelming majority of people have no idea what they are talking about. “The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.” It’s why you see so many comebacks in the run-up to the Olympics.ĭon’t wonder what you could have done with your swimming, and instead resolve to live regret-free with your swimming. Looking back on our swimming days and wondering “what if” can be a life-lasting and agonizing experience. Living a life without regret should be the true aim for each and every one of us. Without further ado, here are 10 quotes (plus some thoughts of my own on selection and interpretation, as well as related quotes from some of the best swimmers on the planet) to get you fired up for your next practice/competition– 1. While the following might not cure injury or illness, the list of motivational swimming quotes outlined in this post is designed to help you curb the biggest practice-killer of them all… insufficient motivation. Let’s do this.Īs athletes we all have days where the last thing we want to do is go down to the pool, strap up, and pound out 5,000 meters. Need a swift kick of motivation? Give this list of swimming quotes a look the next time you feel your motivation sagging in the pool.

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