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" I always tell people, I'm a better swimmer because I'm a mom and a better mom because I'm swimmer. "
Mom
People
Tell
" I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them. "
Me
Think
About
" I'd go to swim practice, put my face in the water, and I didn't have to talk to anybody. Swimming was like my escape, but it was also like this huge prison because I felt like I had to swim up to people's standards. "
Water
Face
People
" If you want me to swim fast, you have to let me enjoy my life. "
Enjoy
Life
My Life
" I know that I do deserve good things. "
Know
Good Things
Good
" In swimming, everyone calls me grandma, because I'm the oldest there. Then with my friends, I'm the youngest and I'm the baby. It's definitely bizarre. "
Baby
Friends
Everyone
" I protect my skin with sunscreen and am religious about keeping my face moisturized and properly protected all day, so I also use a face lotion with SPF 30. "
Face
Sunscreen
Use
" Obviously, the competitor in you, you want to be in the top three every time in the pool. "
Pool
Three
Time
" People wanted to be friends with me for not the right reasons. They'd introduce me to somebody else as the Olympian or the swimmer. I didn't want to stand out. I wanted to blend in. "
Stand
Want
Friends
" The swimming community is really conservative. I don't know why, because we're in no clothing whatsoever. "
Conservative
Swimming
Know
" To look good in the water you have to pick the right swimsuit. I own close to 500. "
Right
Own
Look
" When people say to me, 'You're like the Anna Kournikova who wins,' I definitely take it as a compliment, because she's quite gorgeous. "
You
Say
People
" 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. "
Care
Good
I Am
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