50 Pool Quotes to Splash up your Insta Feed

By Norbert Juma

Master quote curator and editor on a mission to inspire

Published October 2, 2022

Pool quotes make your day at the pool a lot more enjoyable.

There are so many reasons people enjoy spending time in the pool.

Some people like the fun and excitement of swimming and hanging out with friends in the pool.

Others enjoy the health benefit of things like swimming, water aerobics, and even soaking in extra vitamin D in the sunshine.

And there are still others that enjoy pool time because they like to relax and float around.

These awesome moments deserve a lovely photo to share on Instagram, and along with that picture, you need the perfect caption.

The following pool quotes can be just what you’re looking for.

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Pool Quotes and analogies

Pools are often used in analogies to help make points. See if you gain a new perspective from the pool quote below.

1. “Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.” – Christopher Reeve

2. “Time is a pool to swim and dream and create in.” – Jay Woodman

3. “This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can’t see how deep it is.” – Dennis Rodman

4. “The perfect pool is bright, But it has no color.” – John Tranter

5. “This summer I swam in the ocean, And I swam in a swimming pool, Salt my wounds, Chlorined my eyes, I’m a self-destructive fool.” – Loudon Wainwright III

6. “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

7. “Swimming is probably the ultimate of burnout sports.” – Diana Nyad

8. “Water for me is so essential, like swimming.” – Nastassja Kinski

9. “While I’m swimming, I sing songs in my mind.” – Alexander Popov

10. “All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Most Captivating Pool Quotes

There is something about pools that draw us in and get our attention. Which of these quotes captures your attention?

11. “To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.” – Alan Watts

12. “If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do all the rest have to drown too?” – Steven Wright

13. “I love figure skating, so I do that as often as I can. Other than that I just go to the gym or swim. I love swimming.” – Jennette McCurdy

14. “Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.” – Michael Phelps

15. “If you’re a sailor, best not know how to swim. Swimming only prolongs the inevitable, if the sea wants you and your time has come.” – James Clavell

16. “I like to go for a walk or swimming or in the garden when I can. It’s a busy kind of life, but I guess I’m lucky.” – Brian May

17. “I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them.” – Amanda Beard

18. “As a kid, I dreamed of playing in a warm land with a swimming pool.” – Henrik Larsson

19. “Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.” – Ovid

20. “Dance with the waves, move with the sea. Let the rhythm of the water set your soul free.” – Christy Ann Martine

Impressive Pool Quotes

Some people prefer swimming in the ocean and all it has to offer. Others prefer the comfort and fresh water of a pool. These quotes weigh in on both.

21. “The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises.” – Sigmund Freud

22. “A pool just isn’t the same as the ocean. It has no energy. No life.” – Linda Gerber

23. “Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy.” – Regina Brett

24. “Believe in yourself, not only in swimming but in life itself. You have to have an open mind. If you’re not enjoying it, don’t do it. Life’s too short.” – Debbie Meyer

25. “Swimming isn’t everything, winning is.” – Mark Spitz

26. “The problem with the gene pool is that there’s no lifeguard.” – David Gerrold

27. “Summer brings sunshine, warm and flowering.” – Lailah Gifty Akita

28. “Haven’t been swimming on summer, ooh, Got the swimming pool blues.” – Miniature Tigers

29. “I can’t control what everyone else swims but if all goes well I know there are no limits.” – Leisel Jones

30. “When I dip, you dip, we dip!” – Freak Nasty

Pool Quotes for summer fun

Summer and pools go together well. When the weather starts to warm up, people start planning for that first exciting day at the pool. Enjoy these fun summery quotes to get you in the pool mood.

31. “A good swimmer is one who knows how to swim through the river of life without drowning.” – Michael Bassey Johnson

32. “The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.” – Woodrow Wilson

33. “And we’ll all float on okay.” – Modest Mouse

34. “Summertime is always the best of what might be.” – Charles Bowden

35. “Life is a summer, full of fun, at the beach, under the sun.” – Debasish Mridha

36. “Summertime and the livin’ is easy.” – Porgy and Bess

37. “It’s a smile, it’s a kiss, it’s a sip of wine… it’s summertime!” – Kenny Chesney

38. “Summer means happy times and good sunshine.” – Brian Wilson

39. “Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.” – John Mason Good

40. “Success is not two cars or a swimming pool. It’s the approval of your peers.” – Peter Finch

Interesting Pool Quotes

Would you rather be sitting by the pool than doing anything else? Then these quotes are for you.

41. “Don’t wait for your ship to come in – swim out to it!” – Cathy Hopkins

42. “A huge part of swimming for me is I love it, and it is so much fun.” – Missy Franklin

43. “I have always wanted a swimming pool and never had one.” – Joan Didion

44. “Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.” – Esther Williams

45. “Hollywood is loneliness beside the swimming pool.” Liv Ullmann

46. “Some of the best memories are made in swimsuits.” – Unknown

47. “Enjoying my summer one splash at a time.” – Unknown

48. “Can sitting by the pool be my day job already?” – Unknown

49. “This summer is going swimmingly.” – Unknown

50. “When the pool calls you, you have to go.” – Unknown