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Endurance is not a young person's game. I thought I might even be better at 60 than I was at 30. You have a body that's almost as strong, but you have a much better mind.

~Diana Nyad

Topics: Almost Better Body Endurance Even Game Might Mind Much Person Strong Than Thought You Young

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Write that novel. Start that business you've always wanted to. The ultimate high of life is the commitment to pursuing something.

~Diana Nyad

Topics: Always Business Commitment High Life Novel Pursuing Something Start Ultimate Wanted Write You

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When I walk up on that shore in Florida, I want millions of those AARP sisters and brothers to look at me and say, 'I'm going to go write that novel I thought it was too late to do. I'm going to go work in Africa on that farm that those people need help at. I'm going to adopt a child. It's not too late, I can still live my dreams.'

~Diana Nyad

Topics: Adopt Africa Brothers Child Dreams Farm Florida Go Going Help Late Live Look Me Millions Need Novel People Say Shore Sisters Still Those Thought Too Too Late Up Walk Want Work Write I Can

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It's been a grand, elevating, life-confirming experience these last two years.

~Diana Nyad

Topics: Been Experience Grand Last Two Years

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I've never been in any pain, ever, like that in my whole life. Now it's set me so far back, I just don't' have the lung capacity to swim the way I can.

~Diana Nyad

Topics: Any Back Been Capacity Ever Far Just Life Like Lung Me Never Now Pain Set Swim Way Whole I Can

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About the 50th hour, I was going to start thinking about the edge of the universe. Is there an edge? Is this an envelope we're living inside of, or no, does it go onto infinity in both time and space? And there's nothing like swimming for 50 hours in the ocean that gets you thinking about things like this.

~Diana Nyad

Topics: About Both Does Edge Envelope Gets Go Going Hour Hours Infinity Inside Like Living Nothing Ocean Onto Space Start Swimming Things Thinking Time Time And Space Universe You

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The most venomous animal that lives in the ocean is the box jellyfish. And every one of those barbs is sending that venom into this central nervous system. So first I feel like boiling hot oil I've been dipped in. And I'm yelling out, 'Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Help me! Somebody help me!' And the next thing is paralysis.

~Diana Nyad

Topics: Animal Been Boiling Box Central Every Feel Fire First Help Hot Like Lives Me Most Nervous Nervous System Next Next Thing Ocean Oil Out Paralysis Sending Somebody System Thing Those Venom Venomous Yelling I Feel I Feel Like

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I don't want to be the crazy woman who does it for years and years and years, and tries and fails and tries and fails and tries and fails, but I can swim from Cuba to Florida, and I will swim from Cuba to Florida.

~Diana Nyad

Topics: Crazy Cuba Does Fails Florida Swim Tries Want Who Will Woman Years Years And Years I Can

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The highs were high, the awe, I'm not a religious person, but I'll tell you, to be in the azure blue of the Gulf Stream as if, as you're breathing, you're looking down miles and miles and miles, to feel the majesty of this blue planet we live on, it's awe-inspiring.

~Diana Nyad

Topics: Awe Awe-Inspiring Blue Breathing Down Feel Gulf High Highs Live Looking Majesty Miles Person Planet Religious Religious Person Stream Tell Were You

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The box jellyfish takes you into an area of what I'd call science fiction. You feel like you've been dipped in hot burning oil. You burst into flames.

~Diana Nyad

Topics: Area Been Box Burning Burst Call Feel Fiction Flames Hot Like Oil Science Science Fiction Takes You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: August 22nd, 1949

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