06/05/2026
We have all faced disappointment. So what separates those who stopped from those who refused to quit? At 64, achieved what no one had done before: swimming 53 continuous hours from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. Emerging from the water, she delivered a message that has since echoed around the world: “We should never, ever give up.” In this powerful keynote, Nyad shared the mindset behind relentless endurance: how to push past limits, face failure head-on, and keep going when everything in you said stop.
Followed by a live conversation with , this session dove deeper into what it truly took to pursue and achieve the seemingly impossible.