Clark Gable was the first to have called me a mermaid.
I always felt that if I made a movie, it would be one movie; I didn't see how they could make 26 swimming movies.
My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minister afterward.
What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things.
Victor Mature was a big man; he had a great swagger. I liked him and I knew we'd be good together on screen.
Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home.
Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.
There was a policy at Hughes against drinking at lunch, but the men ignored it.
I took a job at the pool in order to earn the five cents a day it cost to swim. I counted wet towels. As a bonus, I was allowed to swim during lunchtime.
Everything about my teenage life was almost ideal.
Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay.
Life magazine ran a page featuring me and three other girls that was clearly the precursor of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues.
It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me, and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious.
Howard Hughes himself was a regular at the restaurant, and in a way it became his headquarters, too. Howard had recently relocated to Las Vegas, so when he wanted to do business in Los Angeles, he went into the back of our restaurant to use the telephone.
I was the only swimmer in movies. Tarzan was long gone, and he couldn't have done them anyway; he could never have gotten into my bathing suit.