God has been good to me.

I was happiest between the waves.

To me, the sea is like a person - like a child that I've known a long time. It sounds crazy, I know, but when I swim in the sea, I talk to it. I never feel alone when I'm out there.

To me, the sea is like a person – like a child that I’ve known a long time. It sounds crazy, I know, but when I swim in the sea I talk to it. I never feel alone when I’m out there.

When we’re in the water, we’re not in this world.

People said women couldn’t swim the Channel, but I proved they could.

I just knew if it could be done, it had to be done, and I did it.

When somebody tells me I cannot do something, that's when I do it,

People said women couldn't swim the Channel, but I proved they could.

I have no complaints. I am comfortable and satisfied. I am not the kind of person who reaches for the moon as long as I have the stars.