The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it?
Swimming has its educational value - mental, moral, and physical - in giving you a sense of mastery over an element, and of power of saving life, and in the development of wind and limb.
My boyfriend is not a swimmer!
Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun, and other times you do it to not die. And when I'm swimming, sometimes I'm not sure which one it is.
Swimming a 50 m is like playing the pokies: you push a button, and you never know what is going come up; it may be a mixed bag.
Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result of it.
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.
The human body is not designed for swimming in minus 1.7 degree centigrade water.
I don't swim! That's like athletic.
Swimming isn't everything, winning is.
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