As a kid, chess was the first thing I studied in a structured way that helped me gain the discipline to study medicine and become successful doctor.

There's a difference between over-training and over-exercising. Over-training can be you're trying to do something at high performance, but when you're over-exercising it just means that you don't have a life. And there are obviously people who go to that extreme.

By making a comeback, I'm changing the attitude of people toward me. If I'd known that people would react so enthusiastically, I'd have done it years ago.

I walked away from the sport for 17 years, then started swimming again recently in a master's program.

I wasn't able to lower my cholesterol so they put me on a statin drug. It is called lipitor. I was able to lower my level in about 30 days from above 300 to below 200.

I am going to sit there and watch Michael Phelps break my record anonymously? That's almost demeaning to me. It is not almost - it is.

I'm trying to do the best I can. I'm not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today.