There is no question in the world that educating a girl is good for her country and good for her. The challenge is, is it good for her parents who are living in extreme poverty, who need the girl's help to take care of getting firewood, water, taking care of young children?

One of the things we have to remember about the poorest countries in the world is that parents, extremely poor parents, are making the choice of whether to send their girls to school. And they are struggling with lack of water, lack of firewood, and lack of care for their youngest children. And those burdens fall on the girls.

I have no family to take care of and no children to pass wealth to.

Young players need to know how to take care of themselves for life after baseball.

Children are the world's future, and we need to take care of them like we would any precious resource.

If I have one message to young swimmers about taking care of their bodies, it's definitely take care of your shoulders.