Natalie Coughlin Quotes

• Without goals, training has no direction.

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  Swimming, Goal, Training

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

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  Swimsuits, Body, Comfortable

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• I actually love swimming but I just hate jumping in the water.

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  Hate, Swimming, Jumping

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• 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.

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  Simple, Choices Made, Feet

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• 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.

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  Swimming, Training, Weight

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• I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.

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  Wake Up, Breakfast, Pool

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

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  Coffee, Superstitions, Pillow

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• 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.

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  Littles, Bigs, Belly

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• 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.

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  Team, Adages, Complacent

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• I like to take mustard baths. I combine 4 lbs Epsom salts, 3 oz mustard powder, 12 oz powdered milk, and 1/2 cup baking soda, add in 12 drops each of rosemary and eucalyptus essential oils, then whisk it and pour 1/4 cup of the mix into the tub while warm water is running.

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  Running, Essential Oils, Water

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• 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.

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  Cooking, Meals, Loved Ones

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• I very much looked up to Janet Evans and Summer Sanders.

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  Summer

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• The pressure of the Olympic Games is real overwhelming.

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  Real, Games, Pressure

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• Pilates is an awesome cross-training exercise for any sport because it focuses on functional movement.

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  Sports, Exercise, Training

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• I was tempted my junior year to go out of college and forgo my eligibility. I had broken several world records. I did have a lot of people telling me that I should go pro.

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  College, Years, People

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• I hate how late we have our Olympic Trials, always have.

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  Hate, Trials, I Hate

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• I was the official wedding photographer at one of my best friends' weddings. Fortunately she was one of the most easygoing brides ever, so she made it easy for me.

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  Wedding, My Best Friend, Photographer

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