I am excited to have the opportunity to help provide the same swim instruction that I received as a child when I was enrolled in a water safety class at five-years-old.

I have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, 'Well, what do I do? What's best for me?' I need to look into options for the future.

I love to race the best people in the world and the fastest people in the world.

It's the Olympics. If you can't get up to swim early in the morning, don't go.

Why is it such a big deal what I'm swimming?

If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.

There's such a high stigma around talking about your feelings or insecurities because, especially for men, we don't want to show that "weakness." But I'm always like, "OK, what would you rather do: Show weakness and get better, or continue to get worse and who knows where that leads?" There's something behind the suicide rate continuing to climb year after year. Why don't we ask for help?