When I was little, I wasn't so little. I had a big old round belly and I was really clumsy, but I was super confident.

I live in a swimsuit so I'm really comfortable with my body.

Without goals, training has no direction.

I actually love swimming but I just hate jumping in the water.

I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.

I don't have any superstitions, but what I always travel with is my pillow and my coffee.

I'm up before 5 a.m., I have breakfast, then swimming, Pilates, weight training, and physical therapy. I'm constantly going from one thing to the next. Everyone is busy, but that's my busy.

There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.

The pressure of the Olympic Games is real overwhelming.

Pilates is an awesome cross-training exercise for any sport because it focuses on functional movement.

I was tempted my junior year to go out of college and forgo my eligibility. I had broken several world records. I did have a lot of people telling me that I should go pro.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Every person just has a unique combination of common problems. If we accept this, we can work together to fix ourselves.

Actually, I was a little rejected at first. I kind of got slapped down.

Actually,I am a failed anorexic. I have anorexic thinking, but I can't seem to muster the behavoir

I can't imagine anything that would signal more clearly that life goes on and joy can follow tragedy than your having a much wanted child.

You will never stop wanting more until you allow yourself to have what you already have. To take it in. Savor it. Now is a good time to do that . . .

Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.

I don't need to improve the look of my own if I don't even know what it looks like.

What is important is how much service you can give the world and how much you can get done and how much better you can make things.

I don't fall into the physical manifestation of a man of letters. So I guess people assume the scripts are delivered to me under the door.