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I knew how to swim by the time I turned 4.

It really was my brother who got me involved in swimming. I wanted to be just like him and do everything he was doing.

We lived by the water, and I was a pretty normal kid until my teenage years; then I dyed my hair pink and spiraled out of control.

Swimming took up so much of my faculties, and for so long, I was willing to give it everything.

After my cancer diagnosis, I really took my swimming to a new level.

Everything I was, physically and mentally, that's what I put on that field.

I came to water late. I learned to swim at the age of 20.

I was in good control of my body, and I kept my head still.

Back in my mind, I never, ever wanted to give up swimming; it was something that I would carry on with.