I attacked my cancer diagnosis the same way I attack training and competing, and that's pretty fearless.

I've been in a Speedo half my life. So I am really comfortable with my body.

I've kind of got an out in cancer. It keeps things in perspective for me.

Being happy outside the pool means fast swimming in the pool.

I'm really looking forward to just concentrating on the swimming part now instead of what's going on with me outside the pool.

I think you have to be weird to swim breaststroke.

I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for.

I know there's life after the Olympics.

I don't let myself get upset about the little nitpicky things anymore.

At 28, you need recovery time after training.

After my cancer diagnosis, I really took my swimming to a new level.

Never underestimate the value of good friends.

A kind word sends vibes of love, if we are perceptive, if we know how love permeates and proliferates with this little gesture of giving.

In this country, the health concerns and the environmental concerns are as deep as in Europe. All the surveys show that. But here, we didn't have the cultural dimension. This is a fast-food culture.

Everyone always says that love was enough. It wasn't. Not when your soul has been shattered.

As an actress I take roles I find interesting.

The first time I spoke to a group this large was at my college commencement in 1969.

Your dreams tell you what to do; your reason tells you how to do it.

The Democrats are standing on one side, and the Republicans are playing games on the other. Both sides are playing games.

I am being ripped off, because I've never lied to the press. Just as much truth I bring to my work, a journalist should bring that much truth to their work.

May we two stand, When we are dead, beyond the setting suns, A little from other shades apart, With mingling hair, and play upon one lute.