There's so much more to me than swimming. I like to go and have fun, like to go dancing, hang out with my friends.

Every year before a big competition, I get hurt doing stuff I should not be doing. One year it was my little brother's 12th birthday. We all played hide-and-seek late at night. I climbed up a 30-foot tree, thinking he'd never catch me. I tripped and fell on one of the branches and I hit my head.

If I just swam all day, I'd lose it. That's why I do so many other activities. It keeps me sane.

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