I'm Not Trying To Justify Myself, Or

When You Know Your Not Going To Die, You Have To Ask Yourself... What's The Highest And Best Use For Myself.

[the] Pain Is Temporary. It May Last A Minute, An Hour, A Day, Or A Year, But Eventually It Subsides. And When It Does, Something Else Takes Its Place, And That Thing Might Be Called A Greater Space For Happiness ... Each Time We Overcome Pain, I Believe That We Grow.

It's Tough To Be A 15- Or 16-year-old Athlete Competing Around The Country. There's Tension, There's Media. I Had No Idea What I Was Getting Into.

To All The Cynics, I'm Sorry For You. I'm Sorry You Can't Believe In Miracles. This Is A Great Sporting Event And Hard Work Wins It.

I Joined The Swim Team When I Was 12, And I Was The Worst Kid In The Pool - I Was Put With A Group Of 7-year-olds.