Diana Nyad Quotes

I am overwhelmed by the strength of my body and the power of my mind. For one moment, just one second, I feel immortal.

This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues.

You're never too old to chase your dream.

If you want to touch the other shore badly enough, barring an impossible situation, you will. If your desire is diluted for any reason, you'll never make it.

I wanted to teach myself some life lessons at the age of 60 and one of them was that you don't give up.

A lot of athletes have this sort of invincibility: [The jellyfish] should worry about me. I don't worry about them. I'll just swim right through them.

I am willing to put myself through anything; temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level.

Swimming is probably the ultimate of burnout sports.

The spirit is larger than the body. The body is pathetic compared to what we have inside us

But for each of us, isn't life about determining your own finish line?

My mom just died. We blink and another decade passes. I don't want to reach the end of my life and regret not having given my days everything in me to make them worthwhile.

Every human being on this planet has their pain and their heartache and it's up to all of us to find our way back to the light.

When you achieve your Dreams It's not so much what you get, It's who you become.

I am interested in the unknown, and the only path to the unknown is through breaking barriers, an often painful process.

The integrity and self-esteem gained from winning the battle against extremity are the richest treasures in my life

There is... nothing greater than touching the shore after crossing some great body of water knowing that I've done it with my own two arms and legs.

I think I'm going to my grave without swimming from Cuba to Florida.

From age eleven to age sixteen I lived a spartan life without the usual adolescent uncertainty. I wanted to be the best swimmer in the world, and there was nothing else.

This is a lifelong dream of mine and I'm very very glad to be with you.

The mantra I used was 'find a way.'

I have an uncompromising relationship with my goals.

I grew up in Florida, so you start swimming at the age of 1, really. By 10, I was competitive swimming, and by 12, I had aspirations to be the best in the world.

I do write all the time about - you tell me what your dreams are. What are you chasing? It's not impossible. Name it.

I love that aspect of sports where you can see what kind of work, how much work, an athlete's been doing by how her body is carved.

Hard work and focus and will would shape my future. Nothing was meant to be.