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

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

The spirit is larger than the body. The body is pathetic compared to what we have inside us

I have an uncompromising relationship with my goals.

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

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.

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