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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
I want to continue the sport of swimming. I'm not going to give up until I think it's reached where I want it to go.
It's cool just because I've had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it's finally happening.
Back in my mind, I never, ever wanted to give up swimming; it was something that I would carry on with.
Swimming is a life-saving skill, so just the fact that the sport that I love can give so much back to other people - and inspire them to join something that they never thought they could do or go after their dreams - is something that is really special to me.
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.
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.
There's so much more to me than swimming. I like to go and have fun, like to go dancing, hang out with my friends.
I try to separate my personal life from swimming.