The big picture is the Trials and Olympics. I just have to keep focused for that, keep moving forward.
I have a lot of expectations and a lot of goals I want to fulfill, but the biggest dream is still to make the Olympic team for London.
It's been strange and weird watching the other girls at the U.S. Olympic trials just because I was training to be out there myself.
I had been on the junior Olympic team in high school for trampoline; I could do twenty-six back flips in a row.
I think if I am to win an Olympic medal I'll have to score like I did today.
I grew up an athlete. Track and field and dance. In track, I actually went to the Junior Olympics. I've always been very athletic.
You can't be a creative thinker if you're not stimulating your mind, just as you can't be an Olympic athlete if you don't train regularly.
One of the things I learned from working on the Olympics was, the world does not need another big multimedia show.
The ability to manage large assets well - it's like being Michael Jordan or winning the gold in the Olympics; it's what you aspire to.
That's pretty rewarding in itself coming from where I started. Obviously the next goal for me is to make the Olympic team.
Over the years, I've made many sacrifices to win two Olympic gold medals and put together winning streaks that will never be broken.
The Olympics are a world apart from racing for a record. You put out of your mind pretty much what anyone else doing in the race.
People tell me an Olympic medal is a life-changing event. Except I don't even think about the medal unless someone asks about it.
Passover and Easter are the only Jewish and Christian holidays that move in sync, like the ice skating pairs we saw during the winter Olympics.
I want to experience that massive adrenalin rush when you step into a new stadium, all the more so when that Olympic Stadium is packed full of people waving British flags.
I'm not at all snobby about book prizes and how they pollute the world of literature. Just like with the Olympics, a little bit of competition gets people truly engrossed in the business of literature.
Things have changed so much, with Facebook and Twitter. Everyone is so much more accessible these days: no British athlete has ever experienced what we are experiencing now. It's such a unique situation with the home Olympics.
To represent your country at a home Olympics is something special and I'm over the moon to be selected for Team GB. I was pleased to get the qualifying time in Berlin earlier this year and my sole focus is getting in the right shape for London.
I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal, but just being there would be awesome.
Especially in the car ride to and from gym. I find myself spacing out a lot, just visualizing what the Olympics would be like and just having such great role models.
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.
