Amanda Beard quotes
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“I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them.”
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“Sometimes success is simply being willing to give it your all.”
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“To look good in the water you have to pick the right swimsuit. I own close to 500.”
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“Some people like to focus on other aspects of my life, but first and foremost I am a dedicated and top swimmer.”
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“When people say to me, 'You're like the Anna Kournikova who wins,' I definitely take it as a compliment, because she's quite gorgeous.”
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“The swimming community is really conservative. I don't know why, because we're in no clothing whatsoever.”
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“People wanted to be friends with me for not the right reasons. They'd introduce me to somebody else as the Olympian or the swimmer. I didn't want to stand out. I wanted to blend in.”
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“Obviously, the competitor in you, you want to be in the top three every time in the pool.”
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“In swimming, everyone calls me grandma, because I'm the oldest there. Then with my friends, I'm the youngest and I'm the baby. It's definitely bizarre.”
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“If you want me to swim fast, you have to let me enjoy my life.”
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“I always tell people, I'm a better swimmer because I'm a mom and a better mom because I'm swimmer.”
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“With my sport, I am outside and in the water, which can be really drying and damaging to the skin, so I try to be vigilant about taking good care of it.”
-- Amanda BeardSource : "What’s in Amanda Beard’s Gym Bag?". Interview with Leslie Goldman, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 19, 2011.
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“Id go to swim practice, put my face in the water, and I didnt have to talk to anybody. Swimming was like my escape, but it was also like this huge prison because I felt like I had to swim up to peoples standards.”
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“I protect my skin with sunscreen and am religious about keeping my face moisturized and properly protected all day, so I also use a face lotion with SPF 30.”
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“I get scared when I approach teachers and tell them that I'll probably be able to attend only half the classes, .. I'm scared that they're going to drop me. In the fall of 2002 I signed up for five classes and had to drop three of them.”
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