Life magazine ran a page featuring me and three other girls that was clearly the precursor of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.

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

There was a policy at Hughes against drinking at lunch, but the men ignored it

I think it's so funny when people think they can't control a movie star. They can. We're just women, you know

I took a job at the pool in order to earn the five cents a day it cost to swim. I counted wet towels. As a bonus, I was allowed to swim during lunchtime.

I gave my eardrums to MGM. And it's true: I really did.