I suddenly said, 'I'm sick of losing'. After that, I trained hard and I never lost there again.

I tore up my knee break dancing. I have no idea how that happened. Apparently these legs are meant for swimming, but not dancing. I was watching an MTV video, thinking, "I can do this." Definitely not. I heard a pop. I sat down and it blew up like a watermelon. I had to go to the hospital and get surgery.

My suit blew up into a parachute. All this water rushed in, there's air, water in there. I was freaking out.

I hate to lose. I like winning.

With swimming, I burn a lot of calories. I'm able to eat pretty much anything and it won't affect me. But I don't.

I want people to see the passion I have for swimming and become more involved in the sport.

When I was a kid, I looked up to an Olympian superstar. I won't mention his name but when I asked for his autograph he said, 'no.'