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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.

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There’s nothing more chilling than swimming across open sea, where recently there used to be a solid glacier.

Four-point-two kilometres is a long way for a frozen body to sink.

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There is nothing more powerful than the made-up mind.

Marine Protected Areas are good for the world economy, for the health of the oceans, for every person living on this planet.

Sometimes the moments that challenge us the most, define us.

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