I Used To Always Go To Church

When I'm Focused, There Is Not One Single Thing, Person, Anything That Can Stand In The Way Of My Doing Something. There Is Not. If I Want Something Bad Enough, I Feel I'm Gonna Get There.

I Won't Predict Anything Historic. But Nothing Is Impossible.

This Is My 20th Year In The Sport. I've Known Swimming And That's It. I Don't Want To Swim Past Age 30; If I Continue After This Olympics, And Come Back In 2016, I'll Be 31. I'm Looking Forward To Being Able To See The Other Side Of The Fence.

I Can't Remember The Last Day I Didn't Train.

I'm Fortunate To Have An Amazing, Strong Mother Who Is So Supportive Of Everything Me And My Sisters Did Growing Up - But She Was Someone Who Never Forced Us To Go Swim Or To Go Do This Or That. She Helped Us Think About Certain Consequences When We Needed To, But We Made Our Own Decisions. I Think If I Were Forced To Swim, I Wouldn't Have Stayed In The Pool As Long As I Did.