Bethany is very competitive. She thrives on competition.

Swimming is as much psychological as it is physical.

I knew Bethany had it in her. She's a sprinter.

The whole point of team competition is to pick your teammates up,

I love it here. There's more competition, it's more challenging than high school. The coaching has really helped me out. I just really enjoy the challenge and the skill level. In college everyone's into it and everyone comes to practice ready to play hard every day.

I thought I came from a poor neighborhood until I got to Korea. There I saw people living in just little shacks with newspaper on the wall to keep the cold out. And coal burners were all they had for heat.