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...It’ll probably eat at me for the rest of my life. (Laughs) It was tough because I went over and over in my head what I could have done differently. There’s really nothing I would have changed, because I swam the best race of my life. But I’m very competitive and I don’t like to lose, so the fact that I lost that race will always...
...Look, I mean I went into this race ranked fifth in the world, I’m a 41-year-old mom, not expecting to do anything, so the fact that I did get a silver is a great thing. I just like to win, so that’s why I think it’ll always eat at me that I lost by that close of a time...
...During your career you have won 12 Olympic medals and broken multiple American records. What would you consider the most memorable race of your career...
...Probably the first race I broke a world record in. I was 15 years old, I was over in Holland swimming in a meet. I had a crush on a swimmer named Rowdy Gaines. He came up to me, and I was on the massage table, and I was getting ready for the finals of the 50, and he threw out a time he thought I could go. And I’m like, “Yeah, whatever, that’s a world record, you know...
...been asked about everything from “Are there condoms in the Olympic Village?” to “How do you deal with nerves?” to having a bad race and getting ready for your next race. I’ve been asked everything...