Dream As Big As You Can Dream,

If You Want To Be The Best You Have To Do Things That Other People Aren't Willing To Do.

I Have The Opportunity To Be Part Of Swimming History. To Take The Sport To A New Level Would Be An Honor For Me. There's No Better Time To Try This Than Now.

And I Hope Seeing A Therapist Becomes 10 Times Easier In The Future. For Me, Once I Came Out Of Treatment, I Got Into A Therapist And Continued My Road To Recovery And Health And Happiness. But Not Everyone Can Do That. It's Challenging To See A Therapist When You Work Full-time, When You Can't Get An Appointment Within A Week, And Then By The Time You Do Get One, Maybe You Feel Like Your "problem" Has Lessened And You Don't Bother To Go In. It's About Access.

I Think Goals Should Never Be Easy, They Should Force You To Work, Even If They Are Uncomfortable At The Time.

For Recovery, I Think It's A Big Deal To Eat Within A Half-hour After You Exercise. Otherwise I Just Try To Put Carbs Into My System Before I Swim And Then Load Up On The Protein After. I Don't Count Calories. Whether It's Sour Patch Kids Or Reese's Or A Bag Of Chips, If I Feel Like Eating It, I'm Going To Eat It.