On trophies

When I was a swimmer for the YMCA during the winter during my late childhood years, we would all get trophies at the end of the year. If you qualified for the State meet, you got a big one. If you couldn't get past the District meet, you got a smaller one. Looking back, though, I don't know how much that ever motivated me. I continued to go because it was the thing to do -- I'd started doing it at a younger age, so I just kept wanting to do it. I mean, i was friends with everyone and it's what we did. Plus it was fun in a lot of ways, although hard work also. I'm glad for all that hard work now.