After my cancer diagnosis, I really took my swimming to a new level.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm still swimming.
I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. There's no better time to try this than now.
I'm really looking forward to just concentrating on the swimming part now instead of what's going on with me outside the pool.
Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
Back in my mind, I never, ever wanted to give up swimming; it was something that I would carry on with.
Swimming took up so much of my faculties, and for so long, I was willing to give it everything.
I can't imagine what I would be doing if I wasn't swimming. It is what I want to do now; it is what I want to do in the foreseeable future, and that is what I'm focusing on.
It felt good to actually have a decent swim.
I can't swim at the level I used to. I had to retire because of an injury to my shoulder.