Natalie Coughlin

"I actually love swimming but I just hate jumping in the water."

- Natalie Coughlin

"There’s just something about that cold rush that I know I hate and a lot of other swimmers hate."

- Natalie Coughlin

"Without goals, training has no direction."

- Natalie Coughlin

"In training, I always brought my attention back to how I wanted to feel in my races. If I need to work on my body position at the end of my races, then I would push myself in practice to the point of exhaustion then work on my body position when exhausted."

- Natalie Coughlin

"Running has been my main form of exercise. I've been running five or six days a week. I love it."

- Natalie Coughlin