Like anyone, I stress and get hard on myself from time to time, but it's minute compared to the pressure I used to put on myself to perform and succeed. To my kids' credit, they've probably helped me the most here: I'm more worried about what they're doing than what I'm doing!

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

To look good in the water you have to pick the right swimsuit. I own close to 500.

Sometimes success is simply being willing to give it your all.

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

When people say that kids change your life, it's no small feat what they do. I've stressed about competition my whole life, but the minute I held my son Blaise in my arms for the first time, those stresses diminished.

I don't underestimate the power of mental preparation throughout all of my training. I'm in a much better state of mind about competition.