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

Nothing, Trying

21

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

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

Exlpore more Nothing quotes

"Thou hast seen nothing yet."

Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish Novelist

Nothing,

"I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or a weightless shadow."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Nothing, Shadow, State

"All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

Nothing,

"Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Nothing,

"Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

Nothing,

"A witty saying proves nothing."

Voltaire, French Writer

Nothing, Saying, Witty

"The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out."

Voltaire, French Writer

Nothing,

"There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Nothing,

"Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Nothing, Remarkable

"Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

Nothing, Passion

Explore more quotes by Mark Spitz

"I'm trying to do the best I can. I'm not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today."

Future, Today, Tomorrow, Trying

"Yes, I believe that the art of winning is through intimidation, and not necessarily do you have to speak about it."

Art, Winning

"Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success."

Success, Performance, Ability, Past

"I always wanted to be a dentist from the time I was in high school, and I was accepted to dental school in the spring of 1972. I was planning to go, but after the Olympics there were other opportunities."

Time, Planning, School, Spring

"By making a comeback, I'm changing the attitude of people toward me. If I'd known that people would react so enthusiastically, I'd have done it years ago."

Attitude, People, Years

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

Attitude,

"Life is true to form; records are meant to be broken."

Life,

"When I went to the Olympics, I had every intention of shaving the mustache off, but I realized I was getting so many comments about it - and everybody was talking about it - that I decided to keep it."

Sports, Intention, Talking

"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, Life, Games, Now

"What it is saying is that someone who was a world champion and who takes care of himself with a 17-year rest and applies the proper training techniques and perseverance could be successful."

Success, Successful, Perseverance, Care, Rest