Key West, Florida (CNN) -- If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try again.

That's the message from 64-year-old endurance swimmer Diana Nyad, who achieved her lifelong goal of conquering the Straits of Florida.

On Monday, she became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a protective cage, willing her way to a Key West beach just before 2 p.m. ET, nearly 53 hours after jumping into the ocean in Havana for her fifth try in 35 years.

Nyad pumped her fist as she walked onto the beach toward an awaiting medic before being guided to an ambulance.

"I got three messages," an exhausted and happy Nyad told reporters.

"One is we should never ever give up. Two is you never are too old to chase your dreams. Three is it looks like a solitary sport, but it's a team," she said.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/02/world/americas/diana-nyad-cuba-florida-swim

i saw this on the news

False. Not first person. I swam from Cuba to Florida once. And by Cuba I mean one side of my pool. and by Florida I mean the other side. 

Chuck Norris made Florida and Cuba swim to him.

Remember kids. Never give up.

Okay this is amazing.

 

Nothing's impossable.

 

 

......not that i shouldn't of already known this... .///.;