L.a. Is A Bit Strange. It Doesn't

L.a. Is A Bit Strange. It Doesn't Seem Like The Real World.

It Took Putting One Foot In Front Of The Other Every Single Day To Get Through It To The Point Where I Made It Back On The Team And Won A Gold Medal In 2008.

My Father Showed Me So Much Love. He Showed My Brother So Much Love. He Just, He Had A Rough Life. You Know, He Grew Up In A Boys Home In The Bronx. He Didn't Really Know His Own Family. So I Couldn't Hold It Against Him That He Didn't Know How To Parent. He Didn't Know How To Be The Perfect Husband. But He Loved As Much As He Could.

I Try To Live My Life One Day At A Time, And If I Look Too Far In Advance, I Get Really Stressed.

I've Learned That Winning Isn't Everything, And It's More About The Journey. But At The End Of The Day, I Just Want To Stand On The Podium With The Gold Medal.