I'm So Sick Of The Water.

I Try To Separate My Personal Life From Swimming.

It's Tough To Put Into Words Right Now, But I Finished My Career How I Wanted To. Through The Ups And Downs Of My Career I've Still Been Able To Do Everything That I've Ever Wanted To Accomplish.

Before The (olympic) Trials I Was Doing A Lot Of Relaxing Exercises And Visualization. And I Think That That Helped Me To Get A Feel Of What It Was Gonna Be Like When I Got There. I Knew That I Had Done Everything That I Could To Get Ready For That Meet, Both Physically And Mentally

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.

The One Thing That's Common To All Successful People: They Make A Habit Of Doing Things That Unsuccessful People Don't Like To Do.