When you achieve your Dreams It's not so much what you get, It's who you become.

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

But for each of us, isn't life about determining your own finish line?

From age eleven to age sixteen I lived a spartan life without the usual adolescent uncertainty. I wanted to be the best swimmer in the world, and there was nothing else.

The integrity and self-esteem gained from winning the battle against extremity are the richest treasures in my life

When you reach for the horizon, as I've proven, you may not get there, but what a tremendous build of character and spirit that you lay down. What a foundation you lay down in reaching for those horizons.

Swimming is probably the ultimate of burnout sports.