One of the key mental advantages in his athletic pursuit is that he is still discovering his own physical potential.

“there's so much unknown still for me in the sport and that sort of just keeps me going because I go I just don't know where where I can get to”

Athletes can improve their swimming efficiency by observing and mimicking the techniques of aquatic apex predators.

“if you're going to try to improve yourself in any sort of way in the water just go and learn from the apex predator there's probably Clues”

Rich Roll observes that swimming coaching often lacks individualized attention regarding tapering and rest, creating a challenge for head coaches to meet each athlete's unique needs.

“I didn't want to ruin someone's taper, you know, like tapering and resting for each swimmer is so individualized, you know, compared to just tapering as a group. And that was like a big fear of mine is like what if I ruin someone's taper and they swim horrible”

Dara Torres argues that the 50-meter freestyle is the most challenging swimming race because it requires perfection in the start, the race itself, and the finish with no room for error.

“but I honestly think it's swimming the 50 freestyle is probably the hardest race to swim. Not from a physical aspect cuz obviously 400 IM 200 fly those are really hard races. Um but mentally you have your start has to be on your race has to be on. Your finish has to be on.”