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.

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.

I'm a firm believer in slowing down to improve my state of mind when I'm training, and yoga and meditation have been paramount to my success in this way.

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

My performance has improved dramatically from yoga and meditation. No athlete ever dominated by sticking to one sport all the time.

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

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