Things can change in the blink of an eye!

I've been around water my whole life, so I basically really learned at a young age the importance of it but also one day, at one point, clean water will be hard to find. There's so many people throughout the world that don't have access to clean water. Obviously we're extremely fortunate to have the opportunities that we have and to have all the water that we have. Like I said, and I can't say it enough, we all should work together to try and conserve as much as we possible can.

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.

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.

If I want to achieve the goals I've set, I've got to be in tip-top shape.

Other nights ... I visualize to the point that I know exactly what I want to do: dive, glide, stroke, flip, reach the wall, hit the split time to the hundredth, then swim back again for as many times as I need to finish the race.

I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything.