Johnny Weissmuller Quotes


"All the guys called the Olympic Village a high-class Boy Scout camp."
- Johnny Weissmuller
"With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower."
- Johnny Weissmuller
(Related: Willpower)

"When people don't know me any more or want my autograph, then I'll think about retiring."
- Johnny Weissmuller
(Related: People, Want)

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

"Treat your body well, and it'll see you through for many years."
- Johnny Weissmuller
(Related: Body, Years)

"Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result of it."
- Johnny Weissmuller
(Related: Career, Result)

"The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you're only as good as your last picture."
- Johnny Weissmuller
(Related: Business)

"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
(Related: Actor, Day)

"I never lost a freestyle race. Never. Not even in the YMCA."
- Johnny Weissmuller
(Related: Race)

"I need freedom to be happy."
- Johnny Weissmuller
(Related: Freedom)

"I learned to yodel pretty well. It took me a few months, but I eventually perfected it."
- Johnny Weissmuller
(Related: Months, Pretty)

"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
(Related: People, Competition, Nations, Violence)

"I could make good time because I was so long and skinny, shooting through the water like a stick."
- Johnny Weissmuller
(Related: Time, Water)

"Can you imagine - a blond Tarzan?"
- Johnny Weissmuller
"No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant association."
- Johnny Weissmuller
(Related: Marriage)

"How can a guy climb trees, say Me Tarzan, You Jane, and make a million?"
- Johnny Weissmuller
(Related: Trees)