Johnny Weissmuller Quotations

With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.

I never lost a freestyle race. Never. Not even in the YMCA.

Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result of it.

Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely.

I could make good time because I was so long and skinny, shooting through the water like a stick.

How can a guy climb trees, say Me Tarzan, You Jane, and make a million?

I learned to yodel pretty well. It took me a few months, but I eventually perfected it.

I have always been vitally interested in physical conditioning. I have long believed that athletic competition among people and nations should replace violence and wars.

The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor

No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant association.

Treat your body well, and it'll see you through for many years.

All the guys called the Olympic Village a high-class Boy Scout camp.

The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you're only as good as your last picture.

We didn't have the lane ropes, we had to get up higher in the water to avoid the little waves.

When people don't know me any more or want my autograph, then I'll think about retiring.

I need freedom to be happy.

How can a guy climb trees, say 'Me, Tarzan, you, Jane,' and make a million? The public forgives my acting because they know I was an athlete. They know I wasn't make-believe.

No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant.

Can you imagine - a blond Tarzan?

Don't let go of the vine.

The main thing is not to let go of the vine.