We can't all win Olympic medals. Even I never won one.

What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things.

The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.

I was all in gold sequins for Million Dollar Mermaid, 50 feet in the air

Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home.

Clark Gable was the first to have called me a mermaid.

I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers

My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minister afterward.

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.

No one can avoid a challenge in life without breeding regret, and regret is the arsenic of life.

Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay.

Raise you awareness and share your uniqueness to the world.

Children do not need half a dozen sports, music, art, or theater activities. Kids actually need more free playtime without adult instruction.

Dreams appear as seeds that when planted, must become a forest reserve.

Sometimes, it will never make sense until you find the right path that makes sense to you and no one else.

Sometimes I have to pretend I feel brave before I actually do. Sometimes I never make it past the pretending part. But those days are getting fewer and further between.

That whole thing about, 'Hey, ex-catchers are the best managers.' Listen, pitching coaches have some brains, too. Sometimes they're not all there, but sometimes they are.

There are many other kinds of milk available. Why don't we try drinking rats' milk and dogs' milk?

I feel much more strongly about the abdication of responsibility by the media than by political advocates. They're representing a constituency.

Jealousy likes photos, that's why instagram is such a hit.

Good friends help you to find important things when you have lost them... your smile, your hope, and your courage.