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

By the time I got home at night, my eyes were so chlorinated I saw rings around every light.

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

Howard Hughes himself was a regular at the restaurant, and in a way it became his headquarters, too. Howard had recently relocated to Las Vegas, so when he wanted to do business in Los Angeles, he went into the back of our restaurant to use the telephone.

I always felt that if I made a movie, it would be one movie; I didn't see how they could make 26 swimming movies.

I was the only swimmer in movies. Tarzan was long gone, and he couldn't have done them anyway; he could never have gotten into my bathing suit

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