” My senior year of high school, when I was getting recruited for college, my dad goes to me, ‘You can become an Olympic champion.’ And that’s the first time that I’d heard someone else say that to me. I was like, ‘Uh, are you talking to me? “
” After my swims this weekend I think coach realized, you know what, you have to have a good one getting out of this meet. So I put the suit on and had a decent swim. “
” It’s so hard to express yourself, because swimmers are pretty much paying attention to a black line for hours out of a day. “
” No matter what, like, I couldn’t – I could break a world record, get an Olympic gold medal, and my mom would be, like, you could have done better. But you looked pretty. That’s what she says all the time. “
” I’ve always been honest with all my kids. So I – if they did well, they did well. And if they didn’t, actually, I asked, did you try your best? And if they tried their best, then, you know, I back out because I expect them to be honest with me or with themselves. And I can’t make you go out there and work out hard. “
” You know, you pick and choose your battles. “
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