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.

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.

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.

Revolutions are defined not only by the ideas that drive them but by the scale of their impact.

Style is when they're running you out of town and you make it look like you're leading the parade.

I was born to be a remarkable woman it matters little in what way or how. ... I shall be famous or I will die.

Everyone who has ever built anywhere a "new heaven" first found the power thereto in his own hell.

They talk about those All-Star Games being exhibition affairs, and maybe they are, but I've seen very few players in my life who didn't want to win, no matter whom they were playing or what for.

Unless you are wealthy, you cannot afford to act or direct one play and remain unemployed the rest of the time.

The best gift you can give, besides your unconditional love, is to be strong for them when they are present and stronger for yourself when they are not!

Sweet exists by convention, bitter by convention, color by convention; but in reality atoms and the void alone exist

For me, poetry is a form of activism. And that word enables the labelers, and also gives them a rash.

I’m packed with broken glass and memories and it all hurts.