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“When we practice long hours,” he said, “we’re depositing money into the bank. We need to deposit enough so that when we need to make a large withdrawal, we have enough funds to withdraw.”
There is a direct connection between what you put into it and what you get out of it. If you have big ears or trouble focusing, but you work harder than the guy in the lane next to you, you’ll beat him.”
the four years between the Athens and Sydney Olympics, I probably took four or five days off and none of those were holidays. In addition to the double sessions, we also cross-train in the afternoons. Cross-training is important to swimmers, to help build strength, stamina, and flexibility.
The point of competition isn’t always to take the easiest way out, but to meet the biggest challenge. I love it when people tell me I can’t do something, because it fires me up to prove them wrong. I wanted to race Ian in a freestyle event before either of us retired.
