I know that I do deserve good things.

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.

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

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

I know that I do deserve good things.

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.

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!