[What is Amanda Beard doing in school, anyway? At her bewildering, Van Wildering academic pace, you might think that her favored stroke is the crawl. Besides, she already has fame, fortune and an FHM cover.] I'm going to graduate, ... no matter how long it takes. |
I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them. |
I get scared when I approach teachers and tell them that I'll probably be able to attend only half the classes, ... I'm scared that they're going to drop me. In the fall of 2002 I signed up for five classes and had to drop three of them. |
I worked there for a year, ... I'd taken the year off from school and was doing double-session workouts. I needed something to do with myself between practices, so I worked there four hours a day. |
I'm glad that everyone woke up and got out of bed on a Sunday morning, that's awesome. |
It feels absolutely amazing |
Last week I was one minute late, ... and when I got to class, the professor had locked the door. She was nice, though. She let me in. |
Let's go to the back, |
My plans are definitely to swim in the 2008 Olympics. I am still training and still competing. So hopefully, if everything goes my way, I'll be at the 2008 Olympics. |
Strong biceps and triceps help me slice through the water's resistance and swim more efficiently, |
Strong biceps and triceps help me slice through the water's resistance and swim more efficiently. |
What are you doing now? ... Just going to school and swimming? |