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Tatjana Smith Schoenmaker Quotes

born 1997

Tatjana Smith (née Schoenmaker; born 9 July 1997) is a South African retired swimmer who specialised in breaststroke events. She is a two-time Olympic champion and the most decorated South African Olympian in history.

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Swimming is really just a part of and a season in your life, there’s so much more than swimming.

But it was really for them. I swam for everyone that's been there for me and believed with me.

The lane space is obviously crowded, so that could get frustrating on its own.

Achievements fall away but you want to be remembered for who you are, she said from Paris.I hope that I’m remembered for bringing people joy.

I swim because I love it. I also swim for a bigger purpose which is to use my talents to glorify God through my swimming

Sometimes, us as athletes, we always strive for the achievements, for example to get better or reach a certain goal, and that sometimes takes away from the purpose and passion of the sport.

I have this slogan – I wish I could swim with a cap that says Swimming is just what I do; it’s not who I am.

I'm excited to in the future tell my kids I used to swim there (Olympics) once. I am just grateful that I can walk away with medals. It is any athlete's dream.

But it really pushes you to grow as an individual. It helps you find your strengths amid this group because, at the end of the day, you're the one that's going to race the race by yourself.

The world has defied success as medals and records where success is different in my mind. And I think that is why I'm very easy to go back and never be hard on myself in terms of that. I just try and find the next thing to improve a little bit more.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Tatjana Smith Schoenmaker (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.