Diana Nyad: Never, ever give up
Diana Nyad: Nikad, nikada ne odustajte
A record-setting long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad writes and thinks deeply about motivation. Full bio
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je nemam više,
and get back up again
i opet ustati
Bonnie grabbed my shoulders,
my head 50 times a minute,
50 puta u minuti,
but I'm not the only one ♪
but I'm not the only one
for the ultimate protection.
naiđu meduze.
be stung in all this armor,
ujesti u svom ovom oklopu.
day's easier than the night,
jer danju je lakše nego noću.
(Ki Vest - grad na Floridi)
15-hour training swims I had done.
mnogo petnaestosatnih treninga sam imala.
(Stiven Hovking)
We just can't wait to follow the next one."
Jedva čekamo sljedeći podvig."
epic journey in the ocean.
I heard the word tracheotomy.
from today from Socrates?
Skoratova fraza?
was action behind these words.
stoje djela.
ono što niko bez obzira na godine i spol,
not so much what you get
nije toliko važno koliko ono
esteemed groups such as yourselves.
i vi sami.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Diana Nyad - Journalist, swimmerA record-setting long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad writes and thinks deeply about motivation.
Why you should listen
For ten years (1969-1979), Diana Nyad was known as the greatest long-distance swimmer in the world. In 1979, she stroked the then-longest swim in history, making the 102.5-mile journey from the island of Bimini (Bahamas) to Florida. She also broke numerous world records, including what had been a 50-year mark for circling Manhattan Island, setting the new time of 7 hrs 57 min. She is a member of the National Women’s Hall of Fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
At age 60, having not swum a stroke in decades, she began planning for her white whale of distance swims: the 110-mile ocean crossing between Cuba and Florida. She'd tried it once, in her 20s, and severe jellyfish attacks had defeated her then. But now, with a strong team and a new commitment to her vision, she stepped back into the salt. She spoke about this second attempt at TEDMED 2011. And at TEDWomen 2013, in December, she talks about how it feels to have finally done it.
Nyad appears as part of a weekly five-minute radio piece on sports for KCRW called "The Score" (heard during KCRW's broadcast of NPR's All Things Considered), as well as for the Marketplace radio program.
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