You realize the limits of your body. The thing you don't want to do is freak out and swim hard. At some point, if you are really pushing it, you definitely see that if you give yourself 10 more seconds, you might die. ... Panic is the worst enemy down there. If you panic, you're done. The practice is the key factor.

That was one other time when my whole body reacted to the fear and went out of my own control. My nerves came apart completely, and I started vomiting and vomiting. I couldn't stop. It had been such a narrow escape. I kept telling myself that I could take all of the pressure; but there were those times that my body seemed almost to shut itself down, to scream that what was happening was just too much.

I'm a bit of a control freak, and I had to realize you can't control everything in your life.

I like to swim. It's good for the body and it helps clear my head.

Touring is hard on the body.

I'm such a control freak, and it's very hard for me to lose my inhibitions without something chemical inside me.