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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
For previous generations, swimming the English Channel was the feat to accomplish. And that’s been done. Diana Nyad Read Quote
I think 60 is when many people hit their prime. We elect many of our presidents in their 60s. At that age, people are full of ideas and their best self. I wanted to dig into my potential and bring out my best self. Diana Nyad Read Quote
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 Read Quote
All of us suffer difficulties in our lives. And if you say to yourself ‘find a way,’ you’ll make it through. Diana Nyad Read Quote
