"The newspapers loved pinup pictures of pretty young swimmers, and as a national champion, I got more than my share of space in the sports pages."
― Esther Williams
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― Esther Williams
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- "What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes?"― Norman Douglas
- "Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk."― Grantland Rice
- "If I wasn’t dyslexic, I probably wouldn’t have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily… and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work."― Bruce Jenner