When doing sports... on the water, it's crucial to stop aging by protecting your skin.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
With my sport, I am outside and in the water, which can be really drying and damaging to the skin, so I try to be vigilant about taking good care of it.
As I get older, I'm more comfortable in my skin.
When you're an athlete and you play every day and are conditioning yourself every year, the aging is gradual.
This is my 20th year in the sport. I've known swimming and that's it. I don't want to swim past age 30; if I continue after this Olympics, and come back in 2016, I'll be 31. I'm looking forward to being able to see the other side of the fence.
It has nothing to do with swimming. That happens to be my sport. I'm trying to see how far I can go.
I can't swim at the level I used to. I had to retire because of an injury to my shoulder.
I love the sun and salt water, which is not good for your skin and therefore not good for your image. I'm terrible about protecting my skin as well.
I don't fear aging. It's natural, and I can't stop it!
I realise every swimmer has a shelf life. No, I haven't given any thought to when I will retire, but I also know I won't be able to swim forever.
Water really does great things for my skin.