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

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.

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

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.

Woman is in love with the devil.

All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself.

Mama says I spend too much time in little fantasy worlds and not enough in this one.

For most of the wild things on earth, the future must depend on the conscience of mankind.

To write an autobiography, you've got to expose other people. I hope to get out of this world as gracefully as possible, without embarrassing anyone.

I love to play the guitar. I also love photography and fashion.

You Americans keep saying that Cuba is ninety miles from the United States. I say that the United States is ninety miles from Cuba and for us, that is worse.

Courage isn't about knowing the path, it's about taking the first step.

...one of my motivating forces has been to recreate the world I know into a world I wish I could be in. Hence my optimism and happy endings.

Oh, did you expect me to play fair?" Cupid laughed. "I am the god of love. I am never fair.