Mark Warkentin Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Mark Warkentin:

It was a downriver 10-K in the mouth of the Amazon. I won in an hour and 20 minutes. It has to be one of the fastest times ever swum. The race director said there were no piranhas in that part of the Amazon. The water was too dirty.
~Mark Warkentin


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There's a cardinal rule that you don't talk about sharks. If you don't see it, it's not there.
~Mark Warkentin


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mark-warkentin-quotes/#2c4b207f

Some coaches are on power trips. I've never needed somebody to tell me I'm not working hard enough.
~Mark Warkentin


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mark-warkentin-quotes/#77da84dc

You're either an Olympian or not in swimming.
~Mark Warkentin


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I couldn't beat Michael Phelps. A couple of years ago, I was racing against him and it just kinda dawned on me during the race that there was no chance I was gonna beat this guy. And so I said, if you can't beat him, find a race that he won't swim.
~Mark Warkentin


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mark-warkentin-quotes/#b259635d

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