http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-diana-nyad-cuba-florida-remarks-20130902,0,1729111.story
In the end, emerging from the great big ocean wearing a blue swimming cap and goggles -- and having swum roughly 110 miles in 52 hours and 54 minutes -- Diana Nyad still had enough strength to walk ashore Monday.
Failing four times over the years, on her fifth and final attempt this weekend, the 64-year-old Nyad officially became the first swimmer to go the distance from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage.
Upon reaching shore at Smathers Beach in Key West, Fla., Nyad had three things to tell the mob of onlookers who had watched her achieve a lifelong dream.
“One is, we should never ever give up,” said a slightly dazed Nyad, whose slurred remarks were received with a roar by the crowd.
“Two is, you’re never too old to chase your dreams."
“Three is, it looks like a solitary sport, but it’s a team," Nyad concluded.
Two miles from the end of the swim Monday morning, Nyad stopped to address her [35-member] support crew.
"This is a lifelong dream of mine and I'm very very glad to be with you," she told her team, according to an update on her website. "Some on the team are the most intimate friends of my life and some of you I've just met. But I'll tell you something, you're a special group. You pulled through; you are pros and have a great heart. So let's get going so we can have a whopping party."
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57601044/diana-nyad-on-epic-swim-my-mantra-was-find-a-way/
Nyad said of her swim, "I'm so satisfied that we stuck with it. You can dream, you can be vital and you can be in your prime even. I may not look it right now but you catch me on a good day, I'm in my prime."
My mantra was "find a way."
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=9633304&categoryid=2378529
ESPN Sport Science: Nyad's Amazing Feat
Diana's swim was approximately:
53 hours
30,000 calories
153,000 strokes
equivalent of 10 marathons or swimming the English Channel 5 times
Upon reaching shore at Smathers Beach in Key West, Fla., Nyad had three things to tell the mob of onlookers who had watched her achieve a lifelong dream.
“One is, we should never ever give up,” said a slightly dazed Nyad, whose slurred remarks were received with a roar by the crowd.
“Two is, you’re never too old to chase your dreams."
“Three is, it looks like a solitary sport, but it’s a team," Nyad concluded.
Two miles from the end of the swim Monday morning, Nyad stopped to address her [35-member] support crew.
"This is a lifelong dream of mine and I'm very very glad to be with you," she told her team, according to an update on her website. "Some on the team are the most intimate friends of my life and some of you I've just met. But I'll tell you something, you're a special group. You pulled through; you are pros and have a great heart. So let's get going so we can have a whopping party."
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57601044/diana-nyad-on-epic-swim-my-mantra-was-find-a-way/
Nyad said of her swim, "I'm so satisfied that we stuck with it. You can dream, you can be vital and you can be in your prime even. I may not look it right now but you catch me on a good day, I'm in my prime."
My mantra was "find a way."
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=9633304&categoryid=2378529
ESPN Sport Science: Nyad's Amazing Feat
Diana's swim was approximately:
53 hours
30,000 calories
153,000 strokes
equivalent of 10 marathons or swimming the English Channel 5 times
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