Amanda Beard Quotes

People wanted to be friends with me for not the right reasons. They'd introduce me to somebody else as the Olympian or the swimmer. I didn't want to stand out. I wanted to blend in.

- Amanda Beard

I always tell people, I'm a better swimmer because I'm a mom and a better mom because I'm swimmer.

- Amanda Beard

I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them.

- Amanda Beard

To look good in the water you have to pick the right swimsuit. I own close to 500.

- Amanda Beard

I know that I do deserve good things.

- Amanda Beard

I'd go to swim practice, put my face in the water, and I didn't have to talk to anybody. Swimming was like my escape, but it was also like this huge prison because I felt like I had to swim up to people's standards.

- Amanda Beard

When people say to me, 'You're like the Anna Kournikova who wins,' I definitely take it as a compliment, because she's quite gorgeous.

- Amanda Beard

With my sport, I am outside and in the water, which can be really drying and damaging to the skin, so I try to be vigilant about taking good care of it.

- Amanda Beard

I protect my skin with sunscreen and am religious about keeping my face moisturized and properly protected all day, so I also use a face lotion with SPF 30.

- Amanda Beard

In swimming, everyone calls me grandma, because I'm the oldest there. Then with my friends, I'm the youngest and I'm the baby. It's definitely bizarre.

- Amanda Beard

If you want me to swim fast, you have to let me enjoy my life.

- Amanda Beard

The swimming community is really conservative. I don't know why, because we're in no clothing whatsoever.

- Amanda Beard

Obviously, the competitor in you, you want to be in the top three every time in the pool.

- Amanda Beard