I was training more learning how to scuba dive which I'd never done which was really, really, really cool.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I learned how to scuba dive, which is something that I've always wanted to do.
I just learned how to scuba dive. I'd been scared to rely on one little air hose for oxygen, but swimming with all those fish is exhilarating.
I took up scuba diving, and my next big thing is BASE jumping.
I remember going to my school careers advisor and asked about jobs that required scuba divers. It was a phase.
I was fully immersed in the now as an athlete.
I finally became a scuba diver at age 15 or so, and a couple of years after that, I attended a dive show that is held every year in Boston. It's the oldest one in the world and it's still going on - it's called the Sea Rovers.
When I went to Australia, I went shark diving. It was crazy. It was called 'extreme' shark diving because even though we were in cages, we literally could touch the sharks swimming by. They were huge and I'm terrified of sharks. Then I went to a wildlife park and held kangaroos. That was nice.
The first time I ever had the opportunity to dive on the Great Barrier Reef, it was while filming 'Oceans Deadliest' with Steve Irwin. I remember just how awestruck I was by its beauty.
It's cool just because I've had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it's finally happening.
I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel.