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 wanted to do something nobody ever did. This goes hand in hand with my goal of changing swimming.

The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.

I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. There's no better time to try this than now.

Not having to travel and being able to settle in has helped me in training life and school life. I've learned to get a grip and take care of myself.

At a very young age, I wrote down the goals that I had so I could always see what I wanted to accomplish. And I would look at that goal sheet and think "I still want to do this."So I'd decide "I'm not quitting."

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