I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant.

Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay.

What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things.

I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers

Victor Mature was a big man; he had a great swagger. I liked him and I knew we'd be good together on screen.

No one had ever done a swimming movie before so we just made it up as we went along. I ad-libbed all my own underwater movements.

Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.