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

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

With my sport, I am outside and in the water, which can be really drying and damaging to the skin, so I try to be vigilant about taking good care of it.

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.

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

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!

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.