Quotes
"Both the velodrome and the Commonwealth swimming pool are open to the public and are
frequently used by local schools and the local community. Over the last six years young
people have been inspired to take up swimming and cycling more seriously; some of them are
now coming through as Olympic champions or hopefuls."
Lucy Powell
"One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So
I can't swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it's what I call the dance
pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance."
Maya Angelou
"Within our culture, every school has a swimming pool. We lived on the coast. People swam
in the surf. It's a very sporty nation and at that particular time anyone who had an artistic bent
was very much an outsider. So if you liked reading or ideas or playing the piano then your dad
viewed you as a sissy, basically."
Geoffrey Rush