"The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude."

Attitude,

39

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude."

Exlpore more Attitude quotes

"People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Attitude, People, Character, Confession, Opinion

"It is better to think positive than dwell on negative thoughts."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Attitude, Positive, Negative, Thought, Mind

"Opportunity will only meet you in the domain of your chosen attitude."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Attitude, Opportunity, Truth, Wisdom, Life

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."

Mark Twain, American Author

Attitude, First, Living, Nothing, Saying

"Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Attitude, Life, Manners

"A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Attitude, Money, Man, Principles

"Your attitude will either make or break you, we cannot change fate and the tragedies that enter our lives but we can choose how we want them to change us."

Nikki Rowe, American Writer

Attitude, Fate, Choice, Change

"Attitude determines how the "inner battle" is won."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Attitude, Motivation, Self-control, Success

"True blessing comes in the dress of sweats, never delaying to wave bye to the excuses and procrastination. True blessing lies in hard work!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Attitude, Blessing, Sweats, Excuses, Procrastination

"Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?"

Nelson Mandela, South African Statesman

Attitude, Talent, Strength, Commitment, Endurance

Explore more quotes by Mark Spitz

"Swimming isn't everything, winning is."

Winning

"I got beat real hard and heavy in the Olympic Games in 1968 by a guy who swam an incredible race one time in his whole life, but he did it right at the right time. I'd like to be that guy now. Maybe that's what I'm going to have to pull out of my hat to make the Olympic team."

Time

"It has nothing to do with swimming. That happens to be my sport. I'm trying to see how far I can go."

Nothing

"I'm at the depot, and I'm not going anywhere. That's better to deal with than having to deal with the unknown. And the unknown is they don't want to fail. They don't want to pay the price unless there's a guarantee they're going to get there."

Want

"One of the most difficult things for people who have been successful in sports is adapting to the daily world where you can't get an answer from someone until 5 o'clock tomorrow. There is always an excuse. Living 40 or 50 years like that doesn't get too exciting after a while."

Sports

"The only side effect of too much training is that you get into better shape. There is nothing wrong with that."

Health

"I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win."

Race

"I am not qualified to talk about the diet. Simply because I am not a dietician."

Dieting

"So in my mind I own a lot of house records still."

Mind

"All things being equal, if we could simulate the same scenario, he has a lot more difficult task. He's elected to swim six individual events, as opposed to what I elected to do, which was four."

Being