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

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.

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

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

I never lost a freestyle race. Never. Not even in the YMCA.

I learned to yodel pretty well. It took me a few months, but I eventually perfected it.

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