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

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.

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

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

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 protect my skin with sunscreen and am religious about keeping my face moisturized and properly protected all day, so I also use a face lotion with SPF 30.

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.