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If you want me to swim fast, you have to let me enjoy my life.

Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result of it.

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

I swim when I can but I don't work out.

If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.

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.

I can't swim at the level I used to. I had to retire because of an injury to my shoulder.

For people who believe that they can't do it, I hope I'm an inspiration to others to get out there and try swimming. You might be pretty good at it.