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.'
Most people take long breaks after Olympics. I needed some normalcy back in my life, so I came back to the pool.
I attacked my cancer diagnosis the same way I attack training and competing, and that's pretty fearless.
I'm really looking forward to just concentrating on the swimming part now instead of what's going on with me outside the pool.
If I have one message to young swimmers about taking care of their bodies, it's definitely take care of your shoulders.
One of the things you learn when you get married is how you need to always work on continuing to make it better.
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.
Olympic medals are the one medal that I don't have; I've won just about every other competition that I've been at.
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.