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.

Even though I had a lucrative contract with MGM, I had a husband who was drinking and gambling our money away faster than I could make it.

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

I was all in gold sequins for Million Dollar Mermaid, 50 feet in the air

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.