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.
There was a policy at Hughes against drinking at lunch, but the men ignored it
Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.
Clark Gable was the first to have called me a mermaid.
I gave my eardrums to MGM. And it's true: I really did.
No one can avoid a challenge in life without breeding regret, and regret is the arsenic of life.