I always felt that if I made a movie, it would be one movie; I didn't see how they could make 26 swimming movies.

What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things.

I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers

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

Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.

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

No one can avoid a challenge in life without breeding regret, and regret is the arsenic of life.