An oyster shell opened up after the 2002 Olympics.

We are bound to our bodies like an oyster is to its shell

I think his modus operandi has evolved into, you can just try to do the best you can every single day. Then you go out and perform and let the chips fall where they may.

When he has time off, he isn't really sure what to do with it. He's a little lost.

It's a way of helping him perform under stress.

He believed in his position and he wanted to be true to his beliefs and he stuck with that.