I have always been vitally interested in physical conditioning. I have long believed that athletic competition among people and nations should replace violence and wars.

Tarzan films are decent films, designed for family viewing. It`s an idealistic, down-to-earth story about a man`s love for animals and the care of his family.

I never lost a freestyle race. Never. Not even in the YMCA.

How can a guy climb trees, say Me Tarzan, You Jane, and make a million?

I need freedom to be happy.

No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant association.

I started out as a scrawny kid in Chicago, and even that was lucky. It got me to swimming. Then all the good breaks in the world happened-and kept on happening.

I`ve had about as perfect a 55 years as any human could have.

All the guys called the Olympic Village a high-class Boy Scout camp.

The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor.

I have always been vitally interested in physical conditioning. I have long believed that athletic competition among people and nations should replace violence and wars.

The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you`re only as good as your last picture.

Treat your body well, and it`ll see you through for many years.

Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely.

I`d like to move into the Douglas Fairbanks type of action pictures. I`m no great actor, but my fans like me, so why shouldn`t I give it a whirl?

We didn`t have the lane ropes, we had to get up higher in the water to avoid the little waves.

I could make good time because I was so long and skinny, shooting through the water like a stick.

Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result of it.

When people don`t know me any more or want my autograph, then I`ll think about retiring.

I learned to yodel pretty well. It took me a few months, but I eventually perfected it.

With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.

How can a guy climb trees, say Me, Tarzan, you, Jane," and make a million? The public forgives my acting because they know I was an athlete. They know I wasn`t make-believe." [On his role as Tarzan in some 20 films between 1932 and 1949]

Can you imagine - a blond Tarzan?