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All the guys called the Olympic Village a high-class Boy Scout camp.
-- Johnny Weissmuller


Can you imagine - a blond Tarzan?
-- Johnny Weissmuller


How can a guy climb trees, say Me Tarzan, You Jane, and make a million?
-- Johnny Weissmuller


I could make good time because I was so long and skinny, shooting through the water like a stick.
-- Johnny Weissmuller


I have always been vitally interested in physical conditioning. I have long believed that athletic competition among people and nations should replace violence and wars.
-- Johnny Weissmuller


I learned to yodel pretty well. It took me a few months, but I eventually perfected it.
-- Johnny Weissmuller


I need freedom to be happy.
-- Johnny Weissmuller


I never lost a freestyle race. Never. Not even in the YMCA.
-- Johnny Weissmuller


No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant association.
-- Johnny Weissmuller


Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely.
-- Johnny Weissmuller


The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor.
-- Johnny Weissmuller


The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you're only as good as your last picture.
-- Johnny Weissmuller


Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result of it.
-- Johnny Weissmuller


Treat your body well, and it'll see you through for many years.
-- Johnny Weissmuller


We didn't have the lane ropes, we had to get up higher in the water to avoid the little waves.
-- Johnny Weissmuller


When people don't know me any more or want my autograph, then I'll think about retiring.
-- Johnny Weissmuller


With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.
-- Johnny Weissmuller