Leading a healthy, active lifestyle is all about momentum. If I'm in the middle of training it's easy for me to keep that up. It gets tough when I'm on a break. I just try to start my day with a good breakfast and a quick walk, something simple that gets the day off on the right foot. The more I do that, the more I make healthy choices that reflect the good choices made earlier.

I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.

I actually love swimming but I just hate jumping in the water.

The pressure of the Olympic Games is real overwhelming.

Without goals, training has no direction.

I don't have any superstitions, but what I always travel with is my pillow and my coffee.

I was tempted my junior year to go out of college and forgo my eligibility. I had broken several world records. I did have a lot of people telling me that I should go pro.