Johnny Weissmuller quotes

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How can a guy climb trees, say Me Tarzan, You Jane, and make a million?
Johnny Weissmuller
Trees
No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant association.
Johnny Weissmuller
Marriage
I could make good time because I was so long and skinny, shooting through the water like a stick.
Johnny Weissmuller
Time
Water
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.
Johnny Weissmuller
People
Competition
Nations
Violence
I learned to yodel pretty well. It took me a few months, but I eventually perfected it.
Johnny Weissmuller
Months
Pretty
I need freedom to be happy.
Johnny Weissmuller
Freedom
I never lost a freestyle race. Never. Not even in the YMCA.
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Race
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.
Johnny Weissmuller
Actor
Day
The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you're only as good as your last picture.
Johnny Weissmuller
Business
Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result of it.
Johnny Weissmuller
Career
Result
Treat your body well, and it'll see you through for many years.
Johnny Weissmuller
Body
Years
We didn't have the lane ropes, we had to get up higher in the water to avoid the little waves.
Johnny Weissmuller
Water
When people don't know me any more or want my autograph, then I'll think about retiring.
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People
Want
With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.
Johnny Weissmuller
Willpower
Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely.
Johnny Weissmuller
Work