hi, I'm posting this thread to get some feedback for a calandar I'm putting together for my team...I'd like a variety of masters' comments on what •inspires or motivates you about swimming, or
•what realizations or truths swimming has helped you see.
I may use some of your quotes (with or without your name/usms forum user name, as you request) as a "thought for the day" idea. So please don't reply unless you don't mind being quoted! By the way, this is a not-for-profit team handbook project.
I'll be very gratefull for any feedback you send. I thought other forum readers might enjoy the comments, too.
Thanks!
Lexa:)
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Chris-
Where is Homer? You're Niagra LMSC, right?
I don't know the author of this one, but my son says it to me all of the time:
"The pain is just the weakness leaving your body."
Unless it is rotator cuff, of course.
Former Member
Ya gotta swim fast to swim fast.
Former Member
Don't swim junk.
Former Member
Listen to your body.
Former Member
Be a student of technique.
Learn to feel your core rotation; big power there.
Former Member
Here are some of my favorites, not necessarily on point, and not necessarily consistent:
All that is necessary for the forces of evil to take over the Earth is for a few good men and women to do nothing.
Age and treachery will defeat youth and skill.
Suffering is optional.
The moral is to the physical as three is to one.
The greatest obstacle to regular exercise is not age, injury, shortage of time or money; it's boredom.
Matt
Former Member
There is ALWAYS a REASON not to swim.
Former Member
The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
Al-Ghazali
Former Member
"Fear, like pain, may only be God's way...
... of hurting us."
-Firesign Theater
Former Member
"The faster you swim, the sooner you're done"
or
"The faster you swim the more rest you get"
Jeff
