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Lewis Pugh Quotes

born 1969 England

Lewis William Gordon Pugh OIG (born 5 December 1969) is an ocean advocate, maritime lawyer and a pioneer swimmer.

England
Environmentalists
Lawyers

Also known as: Lewis Gordon Pugh

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I’ve been swimming for 25 years, and I don’t think there is one swim that I have done where someone didn’t say beforehand, ‘I don’t think it’s possible’ or ‘You’ll never make it’. If someone tells you that you can’t achieve your dream, don’t waste good time arguing. Walk away and do it.

It took me over three years to get the beret and the most enriching part of the experience was getting to know men for whom you would have given your life on the battlefield. It is a big thing to say there are people who are not your family for whom you would give up your life. But that is how close we became.

Achieving The Impossible (2010)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Lewis Pugh (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.