She had her first swimming lessons at the age of eight.

He tells a story of a little girl taking a swimming lesson.

The effect is a bit like a first swimming lesson.

"You could have saved your swimming lesson for the very end," she said.

Pugh had his first real swimming lesson in 1986, at the age of 17.

For example, I have a swimming lesson in about five minutes.

"I have about one and a half minutes, I guess, to get to my swimming lesson," he said.

Patrick Ryan, who is 4 1/2, will be back for his second swimming lesson.

Later, I'd written an article about the trauma of taking swimming lessons.

But taking that first step - signing up for a swimming lesson - can be the hardest part.