Johnny Weissmuller famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.
-- Johnny Weissmuller

#Winning #Underdog #Willpower
Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result of it.
-- Johnny Weissmuller

#Careers #Speed #Form
When people don't know me any more or want my autograph, then I'll think about retiring.
-- Johnny Weissmuller

#Thinking #People #Want
I never lost a freestyle race. Never. Not even in the YMCA.
-- Johnny Weissmuller

#Race #Ymca #Lost
I learned to yodel pretty well. It took me a few months, but I eventually perfected it.
-- Johnny Weissmuller

#Months #Wells
I could make good time because I was so long and skinny, shooting through the water like a stick.
-- Johnny Weissmuller

#Long #Water #Shooting
Can you imagine - a blond Tarzan?
-- Johnny Weissmuller

#Imagine
I have always been vitally interested in physical conditioning. I have long believed that athletic competition among people and nations should replace violence and wars.
-- Johnny Weissmuller

#War #Long #People
How can a guy climb trees, say Me Tarzan, You Jane, and make a million?
-- Johnny Weissmuller

#Hiking #Guy #Tree
I need freedom to be happy.
-- Johnny Weissmuller

#Needs
Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely.
-- Johnny Weissmuller

#Real #Swimming #Pals
The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you're only as good as your last picture.
-- Johnny Weissmuller

#Business #Agency #Lasts
How can a guy climb trees, say 'Me, Tarzan, you, Jane,' and make a million? The public forgives my acting because they know I was an athlete. They know I wasn't make-believe.
-- Johnny Weissmuller

#Believe #Athlete #Guy
The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor
-- Johnny Weissmuller

#Tree #Directors #Actors
No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant.
-- Johnny Weissmuller

#Motivational #Marriage #Athlete
Treat your body well, and it'll see you through for many years.
-- Johnny Weissmuller

#Years #Body #Treats

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