“Swimming isn't everything, winning is.”

“I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win.”

“I swam my brains out.”

“If you fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.”

“The only side effect of too much training is that you get into better shape. There is nothing wrong with that.”

“Everyone loves to be loved.”

“Even on TV, she was larger than life. At fifty, she was a vibrant, vivacious woman, not obviously pretty or delicate, but handsome, and never more so than when she encountered food and her eyes sparkled. Julia looked at food the way some people looked at their children, and when she cast her adoring gaze at three pounds of raw beef chuck, the folks at home knew something was up.”