The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.

Everything about my teenage life was almost ideal.

Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home.

It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me, and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious

I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant.

I was the only swimmer in movies. Tarzan was long gone, and he couldn't have done them anyway; he could never have gotten into my bathing suit

I gave my eardrums to MGM. And it's true: I really did.