When you're out of sight for as long as I was, there's a funny feeling of betrayal that comes over people when they see you again.

I think it's so funny when people think they can't control a movie star. They can. We're just women, you know.

What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things.

By the time I got home at night, my eyes were so chlorinated I saw rings around every light.

Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay.

My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minister afterward.

Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.

The newspapers loved pinup pictures of pretty young swimmers, and as a national champion, I got more than my share of space in the sports pages.

Life magazine ran a page featuring me and three other girls that was clearly the precursor of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues.

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.