I slice up a ton of cucumbers, celery, carrots and red and yellow peppers. Keep them in your fridge so you always have something handy to curb your snack attack.

I enjoyed every bit of my swimming career. I think that's the most important advice - to enjoy what you do

I love to swim. When I jump in the water, I feel like I'm 12 years old again. It's really funny how it does that to me.

At 4, I joined a summer rec team called the Sugar Bears.

For me, music makes my smile brighter during my workouts. It adds that extra something that motivates me to go further or work harder!

At the end of a marathon, it's going to hurt whether you're speeding up or slowing down. You may as well push.

The first mile is mental. The rest are all heart.

Preparing mentally takes more out of you than the physical aspect of it.

Indoor pools just don't seem as inviting to me.

When I was younger, I would eat everything.

I've been barefoot most of my life: either flip flops or barefoot on the pool deck. Although you'd think that would make me a good candidate for barefoot running, that doesn't work with me.

Let thy pure act be thy prayer.

And now we step to the rhythm of miracles. --from The Light, That Never Dies

The story of the betrayal of Jesus by Judas gave a moral and religious rationale to anti-Jewish sentiment, and that's what made it persistent and vicious.

John ain't been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.

Don't be arrogant, because arrogance kills curiosity and passion.

Life is tons of discipline. Your first discipline is your vocabulary; then your grammar and your punctuation

When Bird came on the scene, it was just as shocking as in the Bible: everything was dark, and then the light appeared for the first time.

Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.

I´ve square danced twice in towns you haven´t even heard of!

Persistence with patience and prayer pays with profits, prosperity and peace of mind.