I think I'm going to my grave without swimming from Cuba to Florida. Diana Nyad cubafloridagrave Change image and share on social
All of us suffer difficulties in our lives. And if you say to yourself 'find a way,' you'll make it through. Diana Nyad difficultyfindlive Change image and share on social
There are some days where I'll eat 8,000 calories per day, on a day before a 12, 14, 18 hour swim. For a 61-year-old woman, that's a lot! And I try not to eat too much refined sugar - cookies, desserts, those sorts of things. Diana Nyad 000caloriecookie share on social
Write that novel. Start that business you've always wanted to. The ultimate high of life is the commitment to pursuing something. Diana Nyad businesscommitmenthave Change image and share on social
This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues. Diana Nyad continuedreamjourney Change image and share on social
It's been a grand, elevating, life-confirming experience these last two years. Diana Nyad confirmelevateexperience Change image and share on social
You have a dream 35 years ago - doesn't come to fruition, but you move on with life. But it's somewhere back there. Then you turn 60, and your mom just dies, and you're looking for something. And the dream comes waking out of your imagination. Diana Nyad agobackdream share on social
The box jellyfish takes you into an area of what I'd call science fiction. You feel like you've been dipped in hot burning oil. You burst into flames. Diana Nyad areaboxburn Change image and share on social
In swimming, especially training out in the ocean and open water, you got fogged-over goggles, you're stuck with your own thoughts - there's great benefits to that, deep thinking like that after many hours, but there's also tremendous loneliness. You burn out. You want to run, jump, ski, do anything. So at age 30, I was finished. Diana Nyad agebenefitburn share on social
I swam. We made it, our team, from the rocks of Cuba to the beach of Florida, in squeaky-clean, ethical fashion. Diana Nyad beachcleancuba Change image and share on social