I have an uncompromising relationship with my goals.

There is... nothing greater than touching the shore after crossing some great body of water knowing that I've done it with my own two arms and legs.

"I have three messages," said the breathless Nyad."One is we should never ever give up. Two is you are never too old to chase your dreams. And three is it looks like a solitary sport but it takes a team."

The spirit is larger than the body. The body is pathetic compared to what we have inside us

A lot of athletes have this sort of invincibility: [The jellyfish] should worry about me. I don't worry about them. I'll just swim right through them.

If you can just immerse yourself in your life, it doesn't matter what you do everyday. Just do it intensely. Be in it, so that when you go to sleep you're exhausted every night and you say, 'Whoa, I just couldn't have done any more with that day.'

I have an uncompromising relationship with my goals.