Aspiring Swimmer Gifts

"You've been saying we're getting an inground pool since we got married, and I gave up."

"All I do is swim and eat plankton, but do I lose weight?"

"I wanted to be a baseball player 'til I found out they send you to the showers."

My coach wants me to go to soccer camp. Focusing on one sport isn't good for you. But mom! I'll develop crucial life skills. Let's see. "Landing endorsements, agents and college sports scholarships." The definition of "crucial".

"Mom, Mom, watch me!"

'And when your mother said that you would never be an Olympic gymnast, how did that make you feel?'

"Because when you're drafted by the pros, you'll have to be able to sign your contract. That's why you have to attend first grade."

"We first met on the beach. He was a lifeguard and I was a poor swimmer."

Synchronized Diving: 10 & under division.

"That's my boy!"

The young Michael Phelps: 'Just another four laps and I'll get out!'

'Dad, can you teach me to swim?' 'Well, I'm not much of a swimmer, but I can teach you to tread water. I do that every day at work.'

"The peasants have lost all respect for the moat."

"The back flip was a nice touch."

Of all the times for us to run in to team GB's Olympic synchronised swimming squad!

'It's great that you want a career in football, Timothy, but don't you think being a striker would be more fun than being a goalpost.'

CONGRATULATIONS On an awesome swim

"Another world record - it must be faster water."

“I’ve always wanted to learn to swim, but it’s never been more than thirty minutes since my last meal.”

"I'm here to gets the gold"

'Dang! My applications as a mailman, a football player and a dancing teacher got rejected. I guess I've got to go on hunting that stupid white whale...'

'When you talk about playing, 'at the next level', you mean lawyering, right, not the NBA?'

Charlie's medical advice always went in one ear and out the other.

Lapdogs

'I told my teacher that I won't be returning to school. I'm trying out for a pro basketball team, and her services are no longer required.'

At Michawl Phelps' baptism.

'I want to be a professional Polo player too when I grow up...Can I have your autograph please?'

'I want to be a professional Polo player too when I grow up... Can I have your autograph please?'

Dolphin wins the swimming competition.

'When I grow up, if I don't become a pro basketball player, about about 'spin doctor'?'

"To be honest, it just collects dust."

"Coach said I can be catcher if I gain 30 pounds."

'... Get set... Wait! We forgot the water!'

The Tortoise and the Herring. Triathlon. I always knew that I'd pass him after the swimming portion of the race.

"The only thing that stops a bad shark is a good shark."