People wanted to be friends with me for not the right reasons. They’d introduce me to somebody else as the Olympian or the swimmer. I didn’t want to stand out. I wanted to blend in.

The swimming community is really conservative. I don’t know why, because we’re in no clothing whatsoever.

When people say to me, ‘You’re like the Anna Kournikova who wins,’ I definitely take it as a compliment, because she’s quite gorgeous.

In swimming, everyone calls me grandma, because I’m the oldest there. Then with my friends, I’m the youngest and I’m the baby. It’s definitely bizarre.

I always tell people, I’m a better swimmer because I’m a mom and a better mom because I’m swimmer.

I'd go to swim practice, put my face in the water, and I didn't have to talk to anybody. Swimming was like my escape, but it was also like this huge prison because I felt like I had to swim up to people's standards.

I'm glad that everyone woke up and got out of bed on a Sunday morning, that's awesome.

Strong biceps and triceps help me slice through the water's resistance and swim more efficiently,

What are you doing now? ... Just going to school and swimming?

I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them.