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.

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

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.

I should feel energized and powerful, invulnerable and potent, but all I feel is lost.

I think I went to Italy initially for the art, architecture, food and history, but I stayed there because of the people in Cortona.

I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

Before we sent kids to computer camps and told them they were having a good time, there was imagination among the human species.

So many female characters are the girlfriend of the person having the adventure. I want to play baseball, I don't want to be the girlfriend of the one [who plays].

A film with an untidy plot cannot grip the audience and define their emotional response.

A man or a woman who serves the country with all his or her heart stands on par with the tallest Congress-man.

How do you keep war accountable to the American people when war becomes invisible and virtual?

Self trust is the essence of heroism.

There is someone that I must meet again. And until that day… not even Death himself can take my life away!