Quote of the Day

 

The waste basket is the writer's best friend.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

  

Quote of the Day

 

What is the good of your stars and trees,

your sunshine and the wind, if they

do not enter into our daily lives?

Edward Morgan "E.M." Forster

 

Quote of the Day

 

We can demand what we deserve.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani

  

Recycled Quote of the Day (09/27/11)

 

No one listens to my idears.



Paul John Teutul

 

Recycled Quote of the Day (11/23/11)

 

The trail is the thing, not the end of
the trail. Travel too fast and you
miss all you are traveling for.



Louis Dearborn L'Amour

 

Recycled Quote of the Day (11/27/11)

 

The first thing is to love your sport. Never do
it to please someone else. It has to be yours.



Peggy Gail Fleming

 

Quote of the Day

 

Yeah, I know I'm ugly...I said to the bartender "Make

me a Zombie."  He said "God beat me to it."

Jacob Cohen, a.k.a. Rodney Dangerfield 

  

Recycled Quote of the Day (11/18/08)

 

I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote,

and I didn't know what a quote was.

I thought it was some kind of soft drink.

Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio, Jr.

(a.k.a. Joltin' Joe DiMaggio)

 

Recycled Quote of the Day (09/22/08)

 

American professional athletes are bilingual;

they speak English and profanity.

Gordie Howe

 

Recycled Quote of the Day (10/24/08)

 

When you are younger you get blamed for crimes

you never committed and when you're older

you begin to get credit for virtues you

never possessed. It evens itself out.

Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel

 

Recycled Quote of the Day (11/09/08)

 

Personally, I am always ready to learn

although I do not always like being taught.

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

 

Quote of the Day

 

If you do nothing, that just empowers the gangs.

Curtis Sliwa

  

Recycled Quote of the Day (11/03/09)

 

There is a demand in these days for men

who can make wrong appear right.

Publius Terentius Afer (a.k.a. Terence)

 

Recycled Quote of the Day (12/10/09)

 

A common mistake people make when trying to
design something completely foolproof is to
underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.



Douglas Noel Adams

 

Recycled Quote of the Day (6/15/10)

 

Men occasionally stumble over the truth,
but most of them pick themselves up and
hurry off as if nothing ever happened.



Sir Winston Churchill

 

Recycled Quote of the Day (12/22/10)

 

The single most exciting thing you encounter in
government is competence, because it's so rare.



Daniel Patrick Moynihan

 

Recycled Quote of the Day (12/27/10)

 

I know it's hard, when you're up to your
armpits in alligators, to remember you
came here to drain the swamp.



Ronald Wilson Reagan

 

Recycled Quote of the Day (12/28/10)

 

One way to make sure crime doesn't pay
would be to let the government run it.



Ronald Wilson Reagan

 

Quote of the Day

 

The American people know Joe Biden.  They know

his values.  They know what he stands for.

via THE CUT

Jill Tracy Biden

 

Recycled Quote of the Day (7/5/13)

 

One thing you learned as a Cubs fan:

When you bought your ticket, you could

bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.

 

(via centerfield maz)

 

Joseph Henry "Joe" Garagiola, Sr.

Recycled Quote of the Day (10/19/13)

 

How do you win?  By getting average

players to play good and good players

to play great.  That's how you win.

 

(via The Washington Post)

 

Oail Andrew "Bum" Phillips

Recycled Quote of the Day (11/11/13)

Just because your voice reaches halfway

around the world doesn't mean you

are wiser than when it reached

only to the end of the bar.

(via Work by Art)

Egbert Rosco Murrow, a.k.a. Edward R. Murrow

Recycled Quote of the Day (10/20/14)

I will either find a way, or make one.

(via Wikipedia)

Hannibal

Recycled Quote of the Day (12/4/14)

Erasers remind us there is no faultless human.

(via Ann Telnaes)

Javad Alizadeh

Recycled Quote of the Day (10/21/14)

Of what use is freedom of speech

to those who fear to offend?

(via abc News)

Roger Joseph Ebert

Roster Cap Alternative?

As roster caps become a reality for many schools, could the CSCAA National Invite Championships be an alternative for athletes unable/unwilling to transfer?

 

How can a school help guys & gals who were axed due to the new rules?

 

Would it be possible for schools like Texas to field a "B" team and attend?

 

Catch up on the meet the CSCAA has been hosting for schools with non-NCAA qualifiers here.

 

 

Recycled Quote of the Day (11/7/14)

The world's big and I want to have

a good look at it before it gets dark.

(via National Park Service)

John Muir

Metroplex Swimming Turmoil

This storm's been brewin' fer a few years.  The players?

 

On the high school side, it's Keller HS vs. Southlake Carroll HS.

 

Clubs?  Lakeside Aquatic Club vs. North Texas Nadadores.

 

Catch up on the latest at Swimming World here

 

Texas’ powerhouse Keller High School swim teams – both the boys and girls – are in the spotlight after The Dallas Morning News reported on May 15, 2025, that the University Interscholastic League (UIL) has opened an investigation into alleged violations by Keller’s swimming program. If UIL finds the program committed violations, Keller could be forced to vacate the Class 6A state championship titles its boys and girls teams won in February 2025.

 

Link to the 2025 UIL 6A State Championships results is here

 

Both high schools will have new head coaches on the pool deck for the 2025-26 season.

 

CORRECTION:  Kevin Murphy will return to Southlake Carroll HS this fall.  More here

 

Clubs using school facilities will be under a microscope.

 

The swimmers?  They're just doing what the adults tell them to do...

 

Recycled Quote of the Day (10/29/14)

I was fighting every windmill,

especially when I was in college.

(via Jim Wyatt Twitter)

Duane Charles "Bill" Parcells

Recycled Quote of the Day (11/24/14)

The criterion of truth is that it works even

if nobody is prepared to acknowledge it.

(via Great Thoughts Treasury)

Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises

Recycled Quote of the Day (11/5/14)

There is absolutely nothing that can

be taken for granted in this world.

(via The Oz Mix)

Robert Anton Wilson

Recycled Quote of the Day (12/11/14)

What is a committee?  A group of

the unwilling, picked from the

unfit, to do the unnecessary.

(via getty images)

Richard C. Harkness

Recycled Quote of the Day (11/21/14)

To understand the workings of American

politics, you have to understand this

fundamental law:  Conservatives

think liberals are stupid.  Liberals

think conservatives are evil.

(via cac)

Charles Krauthammer

Recycled Quote of the Day (10/16/14)

Let everyone say you hold yourself

to an unreasonable standard.

(via Lolly Daskal)

Lolly Daskal

Recycled Quote of the Day (10/15/14)

The difference between golf and government

is that in golf you can't improve your lie.

(via Friends of the California Archives)

Courken George Deukmejian, Jr.

Recycled Quote of the Day (10/19/14)

A man travels the world over in search of

what he needs and returns home to find it.

(via Wikipedia)

George Augustus Moore

Recycled Quote of the Day (11/18/14)

One thorn of experience is worth

a whole wilderness of warning.

(via Wikipedia)

James Russell Lowell

Recycled Quote of the Day (11/15/14)

If you expect nothing from anybody,

you're never disappointed.

(via Wikipedia)

Sylvia Plath

Quote of the Day

 

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches

us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

Edward Morgan "E.M." Forster

 

2025 HOF

 

Last night the Texas Swimming & Diving Hall of Fame crew, headed by Bill Robertson, put on another great show.

 

Learn more about the Class of 2025 inductees here

 

Bill Rob joined us on a podcast last year.  More here

 

2025 inductee Richard Sybesma visited with us as well.  That's here

 

Unfortunately, Bobby couldn't talk Eddie into a shark fishing trip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote of the Day

 

The possibilities are numerous once

we decide to act and not react.

George Bernard Shaw

 

Quote of the Day

The wise man must remember that while

he is a descendant of the past,

he is a parent of the future.

Herbert Spencer

Quote of the Day

 

I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment.

Moishe Shagal, a.k.a. Marc Chagall 

Quote of the Day

 

One advantage of talking to yourself is that

you know at least somebody's listening.

via adidjan

Franklin P. Jones

 

Quote of the Day

 

There is always a heavy demand for fresh

mediocrity.  In every generation the least

cultivated taste has the largest appetite.

Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin

Quote of the Day

 

Setting a good example for your children

takes all the fun out of middle age.

via azquotes

William Feather

 

Quote of the Day

 

Things have got to be wrong in

order that they may be deplored.

via Art of Quotation

Alfred Whitney Griswold

What's Wrong With SW?

 

What happened to Swimming World magazine?

 

Are they lowering their standards to compete with SwimScam?

 

They deposited a big, fat doodoo online yesterday.  Read it here

 

via Stateline Sport Network

MALE swimmer from Westlake, TX - Will Thomas - played dress-up at Penn so he could access the women's locker room while stealing opportunities from female athletes.  Racing as Lia, he made a mockery of our sport for the entire world to witness.

 

For some reason, SW's Matthew De George seems to advocate for Thomas.  De George plays along with the charade, referring to Thomas as "her".

 

The Penn Quakers, the Ivy League Conference, and the NCAA allowed Thomas to cheat women out of opportunities, recognition, awards, and records.

 

Allowing this male to masquerade as a female is a clear violation of Title IX.

 

Swimming World should focus on trying to right the wrongs, rather than provide a platform for a cheater who helped do great harm to our sport!

 

 

 

 

Quote of the Day

 

I'd rather have a part where you walk into a

room and you leave.  That's perfect for me.

Amy Louise Sedaris