Quotes by Johnny Weissmuller

• Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely.
• All the guys called the Olympic Village a high-class Boy Scout camp.
• With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.
• When people don't know me any more or want my autograph, then I'll think about retiring.
• We didn't have the lane ropes, we had to get up higher in the water to avoid the little waves.
• Treat your body well, and it'll see you through for many years.
• Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result of it.
• The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you're only as good as your last picture.
• 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.
• I never lost a freestyle race. Never. Not even in the YMCA.
• I need freedom to be happy.
• I learned to yodel pretty well. It took me a few months, but I eventually perfected it.
• 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.
• I could make good time because I was so long and skinny, shooting through the water like a stick.
• Can you imagine - a blond Tarzan?
• No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant association.
• How can a guy climb trees, say Me Tarzan, You Jane, and make a million?