Merlin Olsen

Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball.

When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.

Our coach was absolutely out of his head. He must have read Bear Bryant's book. We had 78 players out. The first day 35 quit. Twenty quit the second day. We ended with 17 players. It was depressing.

It is so important that our federation stands by our athletes.

I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.