35 Quotes by Natalie Coughlin

Cooking a fantastic meal is therapeutic. I like the entire process-the chopping, the stirring. At the end, hopefully you get to enjoy a great meal with a friend or loved one.

I'm up before 5 a.m., I have breakfast, then swimming, Pilates, weight training, and physical therapy. I'm constantly going from one thing to the next. Everyone is busy, but that's my busy,

Leading a healthy, active lifestyle is all about momentum. If I'm in the middle of training it's easy for me to keep that up. It gets tough when I'm on a break. I just try to start my day with a good breakfast and a quick walk, something simple that gets the day off on the right foot. The more I do that, the more I make healthy choices that reflect the good choices made earlier.

Without goals, training has no direction.

There’s an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.

When I was little, I wasn’t so little. I had a big old round belly and I was really clumsy, but I was super confident.

I live in a swimsuit so I’m really comfortable with my body.

I don’t have any superstitions, but what I always travel with is my pillow and my coffee.