“I don’t know of any sport where the goalposts can shift the way they do with endurance swimming.”
Lewis Pugh (1969) Environmental campaigner, maritime lawyer and endurance swimmer
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21 Yaks And A Speedo (2013)
“2005: “I just don’t have the guts for it anymore. I don’t want to disgrace the sport. This is a great sport. It can take men from humble beginnings and have them rub shoulders with royalty.””
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article532790.ece
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