I find that each job that I do, the thing that gets me there is when I'm not smarter than it, when I don't know instantly how that thing is made. Because if I do, then it's boring. Or it would be simple.

I don't know what 15-year-old doesn't have a desire to separate themselves from their parents and prove their independence.

I love things that are old and beautiful and tell a story, even if it's a sad one.

For this relay there was a little more pressure because it's the 200, you have to make sure you swim it smart. The 100 was more about energy.

I'm not a happy person when I'm working.

Even the simplest things, I'm guilty of making really bad decisions a lot of the time.

Grief is like a moving river, so that's what I mean by it's always changing. It's a strange thing to say because I'm at heart an optimistic person, but I would say in some ways it just gets worse. It's just that the more time that passes, the more you miss someone.