Natalie Coughlin famous quotes

03-28-2025

I live in a swimsuit so I'm really comfortable with my body.
-- Natalie Coughlin

#Swimsuits #Body
Without goals, training has no direction.
-- Natalie Coughlin

#Swimming #Goal #Training
I'm up before 5 a.m., I have breakfast, then swimming, Pilates, weight training, and physical therapy. I'm constantly going from one thing to the next. Everyone is busy, but that's my busy,
-- Natalie Coughlin

#Swimming #Training #Pilates
Cooking a fantastic meal is therapeutic. I like the entire process-the chopping, the stirring. At the end, hopefully you get to enjoy a great meal with a friend or loved one.
-- Natalie Coughlin

#Cooking #Meals #Loved Ones
I like to take mustard baths. I combine 4 lbs Epsom salts, 3 oz mustard powder, 12 oz powdered milk, and 1/2 cup baking soda, add in 12 drops each of rosemary and eucalyptus essential oils, then whisk it and pour 1/4 cup of the mix into the tub while warm water is running.
-- Natalie Coughlin

#Running #Essential Oils #Water
I very much looked up to Janet Evans and Summer Sanders.
-- Natalie Coughlin

#Summer
I actually love swimming but I just hate jumping in the water.
-- Natalie Coughlin

#Hate #Swimming #Jumping
When I was little, I wasn't so little. I had a big old round belly and I was really clumsy, but I was super confident.
-- Natalie Coughlin

#Littles #Bigs #Belly
I don't have any superstitions, but what I always travel with is my pillow and my coffee.
-- Natalie Coughlin

#Coffee #Superstitions #Pillow
Leading a healthy, active lifestyle is all about momentum. If I'm in the middle of training it's easy for me to keep that up. It gets tough when I'm on a break. I just try to start my day with a good breakfast and a quick walk, something simple that gets the day off on the right foot. The more I do that, the more I make healthy choices that reflect the good choices made earlier.
-- Natalie Coughlin

#Simple #Feet #Choices
I was the official wedding photographer at one of my best friends' weddings. Fortunately she was one of the most easygoing brides ever, so she made it easy for me.
-- Natalie Coughlin

#My Best Friend #Photographer #Easy
There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.
-- Natalie Coughlin

#Team #Adages #Complacent
I hate how late we have our Olympic Trials, always have.
-- Natalie Coughlin

#Hate #Trials #I Hate
I was tempted my junior year to go out of college and forgo my eligibility. I had broken several world records. I did have a lot of people telling me that I should go pro.
-- Natalie Coughlin

#College #Years #People
I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
-- Natalie Coughlin

#Wake Up #Breakfast #Pool
The pressure of the Olympic Games is real overwhelming.
-- Natalie Coughlin

#Real #Games #Pressure

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