It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me, and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious
I always took it for granted that there would be life after Hollywood.
By the time I got home at night, my eyes were so chlorinated I saw rings around every light.
Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.
Everything about my teenage life was almost ideal.
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.