Esther Williams Quotes

American - Actress | August 8, 1921 - June 6, 2013

I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage.

Esther Williams

FootballMeSwimmingStrongEnough

It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me, and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious.

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WaterMeAudienceDeliciousBeing

I think it's so funny when people think they can't control a movie star. They can. We're just women, you know.

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FunnyWomenPeopleControlThink

Widowhood had done nothing to curb my smart mouth. So much for diplomacy.

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SmartMouthDoneNothingDiplomacy

Once I married Fernando, I became invisible.

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InvisibleMarriedOnceBecame

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

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HealthHealthyTwoIndividualThings

I always took it for granted that there would be life after Hollywood.

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LifeHollywoodAlwaysWouldAfter

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

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WinNeverMedalsOlympicEvenWon

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

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HomeMeSwimmingWorldMy OwnOwn

Everything about my teenage life was almost ideal.

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LifeEverythingIdealAlmostAbout

Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.

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SportsGoldWorldNewsThreeEvents

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.

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SportsSpaceChampionLovedPictures

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