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I've been in the shallow end of a pool, just kind of walking around, but this was my first time really swimming - and I was horrified! I actually lost it whenever I saw the edge of the pool. But I took baby steps and rewarded myself every step of the way.

— Monique Coleman

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

When I was 12 years old, I went to swim in a lake, and I almost died in that lake because the water was too deep - much deeper than I thought.

— Jack Ma

During an open water swim, it's easy to lose your direction. With all the splash, it can be quite hard to see the next buoy, so I look behind it for something bigger, like a tree or a building, and aim for that instead.

— Jonathan Brownlee

I was so scared of the water when I was little. I used to grab onto Mum's hand to get out of the pool. I did not even want to shower.

— Adam Peaty

I just always really wanted to swim. It was always a family thing: dad obviously swam, and my sister did, too. And mum used to come along to meets. They had to drag me out of the pool - so there was never any pressure on me to swim. It was just something I loved doing.

— Aimee Willmott

After my cancer diagnosis, I really took my swimming to a new level.

— Eric Shanteau

I have always wanted a swimming pool and never had one.

— Joan Didion

It's been a roller-coaster ride. But I haven't been diving this well for a while.

— Troy Dumais

I'm really looking forward to just concentrating on the swimming part now instead of what's going on with me outside the pool.

— Eric Shanteau

✗Opposing Perspectives

I've been a swimmer and a diver for quite a while. It was something that I think I got too comfortable with, and I dove into my black-bottomed pool and hit the slope from the shallow end to the deep end. And I had a chin to chest paralyzing break.

— Brooke Burns

Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.

— Christopher Reeve