I do a lot of swimming, both in the ocean and in the pool.
After my swims this weekend I think coach realized, you know what, you have to have a good one getting out of this meet. So I put the suit on and had a decent swim.
When I'm preparing for a swim, I imagine absolutely everything about it: the color of the water, how cold it is, the taste of salt in my mouth. I visualize each and every stroke.
I swam at school a lot. Long-distance swimming in pools, and diving, then when we moved to Hastings when I was 13 I used to swim in the sea all the time; I loved it out of season and when it was rough.
I'm still swimming.
There's just something about that cold rush that I know I hate and a lot of other swimmers hate.
Michael Phelps wouldn't have been on the Wheaties box if I stuck with swimming. I've been swimming since I was a little kid. I still swim. I'm the best.
I'm a really good swimmer.
When I was 10, I went to the Junior Olympics for the 50-meter and 100-meter breaststroke.
My whole swimming career was about training to beat Michael Phelps in any race I possibly could.
When I got to college, I used to run on top of everything else, because when you gain weight in swimming, you have to do something else, like bike or run, to maintain the weight or take the weight off.
I think for most people it's hard to understand what it is about swimming - I mean it's such a solo endeavour.
I was an avid swimmer and was state champ at age 12.
You're either an Olympian or not in swimming.
Some people like to focus on other aspects of my life, but first and foremost I am a dedicated and top swimmer.
Either you came in here a swimmer or you'd better be a really fast learner
I wanted to be an Olympic swimmer when I was growing up.
Growing up, I was a water baby. We lived near a lake, had a pool in our backyard, and as soon as I was old enough, I joined a swim team. By 10, I was winning local events.
I grew up in Florida, so you start swimming at the age of 1, really. By 10, I was competitive swimming, and by 12, I had aspirations to be the best in the world.
A lot of my struggles with nutrition date back to my swimming days. I was a super-skinny young girl who would go through hours of intense training. Afterward, I'd be famished, but I had a two-hour trip home before dinner. When I did my hardest workouts, I often ate less; I was too tired to think about food.
