I don't want to be the next Mark Spitz; I want to be the first Michael Phelps

I think with practice, you can being whatever you want to be, and with a goal you can go in any direction that you want to go in.

I've been able to get an excitement back in the water.

I'm fortunate to have an amazing, strong mother who is so supportive of everything me and my sisters did growing up - but she was someone who never forced us to go swim or to go do this or that. She helped us think about certain consequences when we needed to, but we made our own decisions. I think if I were forced to swim, I wouldn't have stayed in the pool as long as I did.

Things won’t go perfect. It’s all about how you adapt from those things and learn from mistakes.

I think the biggest things I am looking forward to is getting new faces into the sport. Getting kids who could be afraid of water to feel comfortable in the pool.

I believe in God; I'm not saying I'm highly religious.