“I was the only swimmer in movies. Tarzan was long gone, and he couldn't have done them anyway; he could never have gotten into my bathing suit.”

“The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.”

“When you're out of sight for as long as I was, there's a funny feeling of betrayal that comes over people when they see you again.”

“I was the only swimmer in movies. Tarzan was long gone, and he couldn't have done them anyway; he could never have gotten into my bathing suit.”

“What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things.”

“Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.”

“No one likes to be typecast or stereotyped, especially actors. But who would know Esther Williams without a swimming pool, Bela Lugosi without a cape, or Elvis Presley without his guitar. Would we even care?”