A biography for Diana Nyadhasn’t been written yet.
“But for each of us, isn't life about determining your own finish line?”
“Hard work and focus and will would shape my future. Nothing was meant to be.”
“I swam. We made it, our team, from the rocks of Cuba to the beach of Florida, in squeaky-clean, ethical fashion.”
“For previous generations, swimming the English Channel was the feat to accomplish. And that's been done.”
“Endurance is not a young person's game. I thought I might even be better at 60 than I was at 30. You have a body that's almost as strong, but you have a much better mind.”
“I do write all the time about - you tell me what your dreams are. What are you chasing? It's not impossible. Name it.”
“This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues.”
“You don't simply tell someone to get out there and win the tennis match. You say 'move your feet' or 'watch the fuzz on the ball' to really get into the Zen of it. You pull all that together, and then you just might hold up the Wimbledon Plate... It's not about winning first place but bringing every element of effort to whatever you do.”