Swimming is probably the ultimate of burnout sports. It's ironic because millions of people who swim as their regular exercise love the meditation aspect of it; you don't wind up with any orthopedic injuries. But when you swim at a world class level for hours and hours - the loneness of the long distance runner.

This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues.

Every human being on this planet has their pain and their heartache and it's up to all of us to find our way back to the light.

This is a lifelong dream of mine and I'm very very glad to be with you.

I wanted to teach myself some life lessons at the age of 60 and one of them was that you don't give up.

When I walk up on that shore in Florida, I want millions of those AARP sisters and brothers to look at me and say, 'I'm going to go write that novel I thought it was too late to do. I'm going to go work in Africa on that farm that those people need help at. I'm going to adopt a child. It's not too late, I can still live my dreams.'

I am overwhelmed by the strength of my body and the power of my mind. For one moment, just one second, I feel immortal.