Sunday, March 30, 2025

Quote of the Day

 
We have all the light we need, we
just need to put it in practice.

Albert Pike
 

Friday, March 28, 2025

Quote of the Day

 
A drama critic is a person who surprises the
playwright by informing him what he meant.
Wilson "Bill" Mizner
 

Sunday, March 23, 2025

Quote of the Day

 
Heroes always have their scars.  Some you
can see, some you read about later on.
George Edward Foreman
 

Friday, March 21, 2025

Quote of the Day

 
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep
that their interests and his own are the same.
Marie-Henri Beyle, a.k.a. Stendhal

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Quote of the Day

 
Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down
on the tracks of history to wait for the train
of the future to run over him.
Dwight David Eisenhower
 

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Quote of the Day

 
Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.
Paul Tournier
 

Monday, March 17, 2025

Quote of the Day

 
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
 

Sunday, March 16, 2025

Quote of the Day

 
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you
may be violent and original in your work.
Gustave Flaubert
 

Saturday, March 15, 2025

Episode LXVII

 
 
Dana & I visited with Chuck Warner to hear about his new book.
 
Listen to Episode LXVII of Swim Talk A2B here

00:01 – Disclaimer

01:09 – Chuck Warner Books

01:48 – Kelsie at The Jay

02:38 – Return of Chuck Warner

03:00 – How to be a Great Swim Parent

04:08 – The origins

06:52 – The Audience?

07:38 – Why competitive swimming?

09:12 – Support – Don’t Lead

13:27 – Our family’s swim journey

14:28 – Scenario

19:03 – The Henry’s

19:32 – Swimming is hard

20:29 – Self-Image

24:50 – Attrition in the sport

26:36 – Effort over outcome

28:32 – Coaching is teaching

31:17 – Love difficult people…

35:40 – Goals

39:05 – Social Media addiction

49:25 – Carpools

50:26 – Book formats

52:25 – Team orders?

54:10 – John E. Davis 2extreme Dream

55:09 – Listening to kids

57:20 – Paraphrasing Samuel Langhorne Clemens

58:20 – Wrapping it up

 

Quote of the Day

 
I leave before being left.  I decide.
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot
 

Thursday, March 13, 2025

March 11 House Judiciary Subcommittee


via X

Watch Louisville head coach Arthur Albiero testify on threats to NCAA swimming programsCoach Albiero's opening statement begins at 27:11.
 
 
 

Quote of the Day

 
It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.
Louis Pasteur
 

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Quote of the Day

 
The young must be prepared to experience
innumerable disappointments and yet not fail.
Ellen Karolina Sofia Key