Swims Quotations

When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.

I know all about you. You're the people waiting on the shoreline with the warm towels and the hot chocolate after the woman swims the English Channel.

Basic SEAL training is six months of long, torturous runs in the soft sand, midnight swims in the cold water off San Diego, obstacles courses, unending calisthenics, days without sleep and always being cold, wet and miserable.

I've been on swims where people have freaked out about sharks. You have to think about something else, otherwise it will absolutely paralyze you. I do math problems, anything.

What he swims at the Commonwealth Games is a matter for the coaches.

Ultimately, we're looking for strong swims to set us up for sectionals. We did that (in this meet). A lot of guys had great swims on the varsity level.

We set ourselves up really nice. All of our swims were monstrous. These guys didn't let anything get to them. We gave ourselves some good opportunities.

The pool has been a big help for us. It's a big benefit having a playground for the kids and swim lessons. At swim lessons, the lifeguards helped one girl who was afraid to jump in 5 feet, now she swims laps in 5 feet.

We had awesome, awesome swims today. We had best times for just about everybody. We looked really great in that respect and we have an opportunity to earn some more points tomorrow, but we have to stay where we are or move ahead.

She was our hero of the day. Our team is improving weekly and is right on target for many season's best swims at districts next month.

She didn't even swim the event at the Big Tens. It was one of the best swims we had at the meet.

My dad swims with me in the morning. He swims with old buddies of his. I've always had connections with swimming through my dad. My dad always tells me to reach at the finish. He's always, always reminding me.

I was really surprised with some of the swims considering we took two weeks off due to the pool cleaning and the holidays. What amazed me was that the kids maintained correct technique. The endurance part will come a lot sooner this time due to muscle memory. It won't take as long to get where we were two weeks ago.

For most of them it will really take their best swims of the season in order to qualify. We are treating this as the last meet of the year.

He really wants to lower his times and he also swims against pool records. He really studies times a lot and knows what he needs to shoot for.

Her learning curve is pretty quick. She picks things up rather quickly. She swims pretty straight.

He was just phenomenal every time he got into the pool. He had some really strong swims and set a whole new level for himself.

Jackie, Stephanie, Lindsay Anderson and Samantha Moore all had really good swims for us.

I would say Rosary is definitely top three in the state. We got our butts kicked. We did have some good swims and some not so good swims.

I think it's going to be special. I've been involved with some good ones in the past and I think this is going to be one of the best. Whoever swims the best that day will win.

It is a challenge to keep them motivated, but they motivate themselves. We just approach it that everybody that swims brings out the best in each other.

I think when our team was firing on all cylinders was our two-day dual meet against the University of Indianapolis. Coming right out of the training trip, it just seemed like everything was just falling into place. We had great swims left and right.

I think this will push us to want to swim faster at championships. We've seen some of their best swims and we know what to expect. I'll get to race him (O'Connor) at championships, it'll be fun.

I think they're really proud of their effort today. It was really a great second effort coming off of yesterday. We had to make sure our relays were ready and that they weren't holding anything back, and we got great swims out of all those relays.

I'm super proud of the boys. We had awesome swims today, spectacular swims actually. We moved up places in some events and everybody just did excellent. It was a really, really fun day.

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We had good swims today. We're ready to go, but we've got a little more in the tank than we have the last few years. While the women raced well today, the men raced even better.

We don't have a ton of second swims to show for, but our guys really worked their tails off. If we can keep getting these types of performances, we could get as high as fourth or maybe even third.

We had a pretty good day. Almost all of the spots where we were seeded are coming back and we even moved up a couple of spots in a few races. Prelims is always an up and down day, and we had some up and down swims as far as best times go. But we're ready to score some points.

We had some incredible swims by a lot of kids. We had some fantastic performances combined with several very solid ones.

We had some good swims today. But it was pretty much a soft meet lineup today. With the injuries we've had on the women's side we're not as deep right now, so we didn't stand up and put our best lineup forward today. Tennessee has a good team though, and we knew they would race us tough.

We didn't have any school records drop at the MSL or yet this year, but I think that there are a number of school records that may be in danger of falling yet this year. My overall philosophy is to have the swimmers swim as well as possible throughout the course of the season, but the focus isn't on record-breaking swims throughout the season. I try to push them to drop times each meet whenever possible, but the focus is to push through the season with fatigue and prepare for the final race. ... I think we should see some great finishes to the season.

We weren't completely focused and after our swims yesterday, we knew we had to pick it up today. We were swimming for ourselves today.

Thorpe said they were bad swims but, for anyone else, that's a world-class performance. You don't swim 1:46 consistently unless you're in good shape.

We had 31 personal-best swims today. Our second and third swimmers in every event are having great years.

With any show, no matter how great your material is, it sinks or swims with the talent that's delivering the words,

We had some strong swims today. They knew it would be a tough day and they stepped up and swam well.

We had some really good races. A couple of swims here or there, and we could have won it.

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You have all these rapidly emerging areas around China, your head swims trying to keep up with it, ... We've had investment by Chinese firms for a long time, but they used to be very, very low key about it. Now they come in with trumpets blaring and flags flying saying, 'Pay attention to us.'

The training and effort we get in Hawaii yields tremendous swims in March at the (NCAA Division II) national championships. And since that is basically our entire season, we've elected to move towards that environment.

These were good swims for this weekend. Our goal was to swim fast enough this weekend to get our foot in the door so we can swim even faster next weekend. I thought we were a little tentative today, so we need to refocus during practices this week.

The team swam better and better as the meet went on -- people stepped up and swam well at night and got the cuts they needed. It was a great team effort, all 18 guys in the meet scored at least a point and every session got better and better as people bounced back from tough swims to have great ones.

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That (100 backstroke) was a really big event for us. East had their big swims in the 100 free, and we knew we had to come back and score well.

A lot of guys had amazing swims to keep us in the meet.

They are completely different players. Birgit is a strong physical player. And she's like a shark. She swims around looking for opportunities.

The most amazing thing wasn't our wins but some of our second and thirds from the younger guys. We had some outstanding swims that didn't even score, so that tells you our guys are doing what they have to do.

It seems like every time she swims that race she sets a record.

It was the most boring environment you could imagine. There were maybe two people in the stands. There was no cheering. Then Michael swims 1:59. I remember walking to my car after that swim, stopping and saying out loud, 'He's going to make the Olympic team.' That day changed everything.

That's one of the reasons they hired me. That's what I'm known for. If you talk to Mark Gray (from East), his kids have big swims during the season and only drop a little at state. My kids inch their way to better times, than have huge drops at state.

It's a mixed bag of emotion all the way around. We had some good swims and we had some swims that were a little disappointing. We obviously were hoping to place better, but the competition was absolutely amazing.

Not everybody just swims everyday. We wanted an all-in-one-facility.

It was one of those swims that felt really good all the way through. It didn't hurt at all. I had really good splits. I'm really, really happy with that swim.

They did a good job for us. We didn't taper them for state. Their maintaining that for two consecutive swims is pretty good.

I have often told you that I am that little fish who swims about under a shark and, I believe, lives indelicately on its offal. Anyway, that is the way I am. Life moves over me in a vast black shadow and I swallow whatever it drops with relish, having learned in a very hard school that one cannot be both a parasite and enjoy self-nourishment without moving in worlds too fantastic for even my disordered imagination to people with meaning.

I'm very happy with the way a lot of the younger kids have stepped up to this point. Nick Carey, Brendan O'Brien, Ryan Shields, Ryan Schmid, Rob Mills ? quite a lot of kids who were waiting in the wings have gotten stronger. We're asking them for a lot more swims this year. So far, they've responded. We know a lot of our tougher meets are ahead of us.

I just decided to hit the water again. I started using open water swims around the country as something to train for and keep me going.

Club swimmers get in 2,000 to 2,500 extra yards. Multiply that by 15 weeks, and if they're a club kid they're getting in the pool two months before everybody else even hits the water. ... There is not swimmer out there at any level who swims an hour or 45 minutes a day who is highly successful.

He's just a big, big part of why we're a successful program. He busts his butt every day. He does whatever we need anytime, anyplace, anywhere. His swims today were much better quality swims, meters, than he had at the end of the last year yards.

He swam a great meet. Over the last two weeks, he's dropped 50 seconds from his 500. He's looking real good and real strong. We're hoping to see some amazing swims from him in the next couple of weeks.

If he swims around the times he's been doing for the last couple of seasons, I think he will be pretty well unbeatable,

He's one of my few swimmers who swims his best at state. I've never seen him fold in a race.

For the girls, 10 of our 13 swims were lifetime-bests and all three relays had season-bests. All in all, it was a very enjoyable meet to watch.

A lot of my guys that you really don't know about that will dictate how things play out at the end of the year were really hot today. Our fourth and fifth swims were really solid across the board, and I had some huge 200 free swims right out the gate. That's going to make life a lot easier for us having some guys fill that role.

You will notice drastic line-up changes and improved swims when the second half begins. Unfortunately, for the weaker teams, they can get beat up early in the season. It does give all teams great meets to look forward to.

All of the boys had lifetime-best swims and all three relays were season-bests.

All season long we've had everybody have a job to do. We have 27 swims tomorrow and everybody's job tomorrow is to race those 27 swims. We're not asking anybody to do more than their fair share. For us a real key is having everyone focused on doing their job.