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I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for.

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Think, Give, I Think, Prepares

One of the things you learn when you get married is how you need to always work on continuing to make it better.

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Always, One Of The Things, Get Married

When you get to an event like the Olympic Games, you can put too much pressure on yourself.

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Pressure, Like, Olympic, Olympic Games

There's a lot more to life than just the Olympic Games.

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More, Lot, Olympic, Olympic Games

I attacked my cancer diagnosis the same way I attack training and competing, and that's pretty fearless.

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Fearless, Pretty, Competing, Diagnosis

After my cancer diagnosis, I really took my swimming to a new level.

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Swimming, New, Took, Diagnosis

Most people take long breaks after Olympics. I needed some normalcy back in my life, so I came back to the pool.

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My Life, Some, Breaks, Normalcy

Obviously, losing a parent is very difficult. I miss my dad every day, but I know he would be proud to see me continuing to swim and going for another shot at the Olympics.

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Proud, Parent, Very, Continuing

I don't know what cancer did to me but I put on probably 10 pounds of muscle and got a lot stronger in the weight room and during our dry-land stuff.

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Weight, Got, Our, Pounds

I've kind of got an out in cancer. It keeps things in perspective for me.

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Me, Kind, Things, Keeps

I think you have to be weird to swim breaststroke.

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Weird, Think, I Think, Swim

Olympic medals are the one medal that I don't have; I've won just about every other competition that I've been at.

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Other, Medals, Olympic, Medal

I know there's life after the Olympics.

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Life, Know, After, Olympics

Getting to the Olympics was, has always been, my swimming dream since I was 8 or 9 years old. You know, right after I started swimming it was, 'I want to make an Olympic team. That's where I want to be.'

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Always, Been, Olympic, Olympics

If I have one message to young swimmers about taking care of their bodies, it's definitely take care of your shoulders.

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Young, Shoulders, Bodies, Swimmers

Being happy outside the pool means fast swimming in the pool.

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Swimming, Fast, Means, Pool

I'm really looking forward to just concentrating on the swimming part now instead of what's going on with me outside the pool.

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Going, Part, Concentrating, Pool

At 28, you need recovery time after training.

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Time, Training, Need, Recovery

I don't let myself get upset about the little nitpicky things anymore.

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Myself, Get, About, Upset

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