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Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet.

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

Back in my mind, I never, ever wanted to give up swimming; it was something that I would carry on with.

I learned how to scuba dive, which is something that I've always wanted to do.

I swim every other day. That's my exercise.

I love to swim, and I love being near water.

I love to swim for miles; I could just go back and forth.

As a kid I used to hold my breath longer than anybody else, and then I heard stories about people accidently underwater for 45 minutes - how do you recover from that? It's not a miracle. Something allows us to survive.

I just always really wanted to swim. It was always a family thing: dad obviously swam, and my sister did, too. And mum used to come along to meets. They had to drag me out of the pool - so there was never any pressure on me to swim. It was just something I loved doing.