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When people say to me, ‘You’re like the Anna Kournikova who wins,’ I definitely take it as a compliment, because she’s quite gorgeous. Amanda Beard
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When people say to me, ‘You’re like the Anna Kournikova who wins,’ I definitely take it as a compliment, because she’s quite gorgeous. Amanda Beard
I always tell people, I’m a better swimmer because I’m a mom and a better mom because I’m swimmer. Amanda Beard
The swimming community is really conservative. I don’t know why, because we’re in no clothing whatsoever. Amanda Beard
With my sport, I am outside and in the water, which can be really drying and damaging to the skin, so I try to be vigilant about taking good care of it. Amanda Beard
My training centered on aerobic development, meaning I’d swim longer with less intensity during the majority of my practices. As I got older, I began more weight training, and my workouts went from long at a lower intensity to shorter and more intense. Amanda Beard
When people say that kids change your life, it’s no small feat what they do. I’ve stressed about competition my whole life, but the minute I held my son Blaise in my arms for the first time, those stresses diminished. Amanda Beard
My performance has improved dramatically from yoga and meditation. No athlete ever dominated by sticking to one sport all the time. Amanda Beard
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. Amanda Beard
In swimming, everyone calls me grandma, because I’m the oldest there. Then with my friends, I’m the youngest and I’m the baby. It’s definitely bizarre. Amanda Beard
People wanted to be friends with me for not the right reasons. They’d introduce me to somebody else as the Olympian or the swimmer. I didn’t want to stand out. I wanted to blend in. Amanda Beard