If You Put Your Mind

My Goal Is One Olympic Gold Medal. Not Many People In This World Can Say, 'i'm An Olympic Gold Medalist.'

I Live A Pretty Conservative Life, So I Probably Really Haven't Done Anything Crazy.

One Thing With Me, And Every Goal I've Had - In The Sport Of Swimming, My Mother Didn't Know My Goals. The Only Person That Knew My Goals Were My Coaches.

When I'm Focused, There Is Not One Single Thing, Person, Anything That Can Stand In The Way Of My Doing Something. There Is Not. If I Want Something Bad Enough, I Feel I'm Gonna Get There.

I'm Fortunate To Have An Amazing, Strong Mother Who Is So Supportive Of Everything Me And My Sisters Did Growing Up - But She Was Someone Who Never Forced Us To Go Swim Or To Go Do This Or That. She Helped Us Think About Certain Consequences When We Needed To, But We Made Our Own Decisions. I Think If I Were Forced To Swim, I Wouldn't Have Stayed In The Pool As Long As I Did.