I took a job at the pool in order to earn the five cents a day it cost to swim. I counted wet towels. As a bonus, I was allowed to swim during luncht….

I always felt that if I made a movie, it would be one movie; I didn't see how they could make 26 swimming movies..

No one can avoid a challenge in life without breeding regret, and regret is the arsenic of life..

I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough….