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

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.

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

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

No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant.

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

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

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

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

A strong woman strengthens women. An empowered woman empowers women. When one woman rises we are all elevated.

The photograph is an incomplete utterance, a message that depends on some external matrix of conditions and presuppositions for its readability.

If you sit by the wayside waiting for Success, your knees will be too stiff to follow her when she passes.

Overcoming yourself is better than overcoming a million enemies in battle.

The quickest way to unlock your talent is to take the flute out of the box.

It's like a dream job to work with your friends.

If you are looking for a friend who is faultless, you will be friendless.

People saying that you been robbed is almost better than winning a Grammy.

There is drinking in lots of the songs because there is drinking in life. Drinking stimulates the imagination.

I believe that when things happen, they happen with a purpose.