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I'm trying to conquer swimming. I'm getting there. I've gotta conquer it. I had a fear of drowning and tunnels and flying. I started flying and got my pilot's license, so I conquered that. Now, I'm onto swimming and tunnels.

Challenge yourself, jump off the deep end and learn to swim.

I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel.

I try to separate my personal life from swimming.

I'm a curious person, and I always like to test new waters, and I've always jumped into the cold water and then started to think about how to swim.

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.

Oh! Most miserable wretch that I am! Why have I not learnt how to swim?

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.

Believe in yourself, not only in swimming, but in life itself. You always have to have fun. You have to have an open mind. If you're not enjoying it, don't do it. Life's too short.

My grandfather learned to swim in the Navy by getting thrown off a boat into the ocean. He had to learn fast. And I think I learn pretty well under pressure.