# Never, ever give up

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDWomen 2013
- Speaker: Diana Nyad
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/diana_nyad_never_ever_give_up)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In the pitch-black night, stung by jellyfish, choking on salt water, singing to herself, hallucinating … Diana Nyad just kept on swimming. And that's how she finally achieved her lifetime goal as an athlete: an extreme 100-mile swim from Cuba to Florida -- at age 64. Hear her story.

## Lectures

1. [Never, ever give up](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/diana_nyad_never_ever_give_up/0831f15e971f), 16 min (TED's player)