Natalie Coughlin Quotes

#1. If there's any indirect way I can motivate or inspire Olympic athletes ... that is one of the greatest honors. Even Natalie Coughlin saying that I inspired her. I'm so humbled by that. I think that's amazing.

Summer Sanders

#2. Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table.

Bob Ehrlich

#3. Though it tastes like 'some more', one is really enough (about the s'more)

Dan White

#4. I don't have any superstitions, but what I always travel with is my pillow and my coffee.

Natalie Coughlin

#5. We Christians should be aware that there's something at stake in cultural participation that we wouldn't have been concerned about if all we did was worry about the messages in culture.

Dallas Willard

#6. If we have such great immune systems why do we get sick in the first place? This may come as a shock, but it's not the viral or bacterial entity that makes you sick. It is your body's reaction to their presence that makes you sick.

Jack Stockwell

#7. I really feel like it's a travesty to make a child famous. I really do.

Joe Rogan

#8. I work as if I were going to be the next person to need a respirator. I share in the benefits I bestow on others, and my work has enriched my life.

Forrest Bird

#9. I live in a swimsuit so I'm really comfortable with my body.

Natalie Coughlin

#10. I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.

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#11. There's just something about that cold rush that I know I hate and a lot of other swimmers hate.

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#12. I'm comfortable in the locker room situation, so whatever.

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#13. I'm up before 5 a.m., I have breakfast, then swimming, Pilates, weight training, and physical therapy. I'm constantly going from one thing to the next. Everyone is busy, but that's my busy,

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#14. I like to take mustard baths. I combine 4 lbs Epsom salts, 3 oz mustard powder, 12 oz powdered milk, and 1/2 cup baking soda, add in 12 drops each of rosemary and eucalyptus essential oils, then whisk it and pour 1/4 cup of the mix into the tub while warm water is running.

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#15. Pilates is an awesome cross-training exercise for any sport because it focuses on functional movement.

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#16. Without goals, training has no direction.

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#17. Cooking a fantastic meal is therapeutic. I like the entire process-the chopping, the stirring. At the end, hopefully you get to enjoy a great meal with a friend or loved one.

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#18. I actually love swimming but I just hate jumping in the water.

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#19. There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.

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#20. The pressure of the Olympic Games is real overwhelming.

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#21. With more success you'll have more confidence.

Bill Guru

#22. When I was little, I wasn't so little. I had a big old round belly and I was really clumsy, but I was super confident.

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#23. I hate how late we have our Olympic Trials, always have.

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#24. You see a lot of us lingering around. We'll just stand there on the edge of the pool and kinda psych ourselves up into getting in.

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#25. I was the official wedding photographer at one of my best friends' weddings. Fortunately she was one of the most easygoing brides ever, so she made it easy for me.

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#26. I very much looked up to Janet Evans and Summer Sanders.

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#27. I was tempted my junior year to go out of college and forgo my eligibility. I had broken several world records. I did have a lot of people telling me that I should go pro.

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#28. Loss of mental function, taste for Frank Sinatra music, and similar degenerative effects.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb