'Age Is Just a Number'

" Well was eight years ago since her last Olympics and years after retiring from competitive swimming. When -- decided to return to the sport she dominated for parts of three decades and she decided to train -- for the Beijing Olympics. "

" Still nursing her baby who just months old she returned to rigorous training and went on to make history breaking all types of record to three Olympic medals. In Beijing over competitors have are aged 41 -- is the comeback kid -- author of the new book. -- just enough."

" Daryn this is your life welcome dark out shaky Vladimir I look at those cupcakes. -- that's not a part of the trading with this yeah. -- discipline. And that's what I'm fascinated about eight years and when Arenas is your desire to win. And neat. Or is it something that you. It's definitely from a man. Yeah it's I -- life and now that's as a former Brothers are suspect bang but and it never -- you think you get older at this age doesn't. And you see your whole life in this book it was in Russia was trying to get to the next that you would want to do something you're not -- you know AF. From up and down like that happen that's we are right now it is it is that I die down. I try to be a little better you have to be when you have a daughter in trying to raise a kid and have more patients that that is getting battered -- stomach. I know that point 012. Bugs you. Saw this in the book because you. Wanted so desperately and so many of your US hands one -- when -- points -- went to most Americans can't even fat them. What that time he came and went that fast and end the bottom line is is. You know I look back and race and and realistically that's 4105. In the world going into -- adamant points that's great but the competitive simultaneously. She is lost hundreds of -- But it -- all the other Olympics in the fifth perhaps is did you realize may be when you in the heats and qualifying that you represent everybody was forty so called middle age getting text messages checking the Blackberry before pizza at what is that like have a responsibility not only -- representing people who don't have your ability will never go to the Olympics. I've never thought I kind of pressure before and I really felt that Olympic trials and and it really got to man in how to sort deep breath and talk to someone and try to figure out how to deal with it because I felt like if I didn't make the team that other people who are my major middle aged. Felt like they couldn't do what they wanted to do since I thought that pressure but wants an eight Olympic team. It was saw it was all downhill from there -- it's fun but isn't a little bit mind over matter because I am relatively you're a and I still believe in working out as hard if not harder than it used to in my twenty's or my thirties and to me it's like. Mind over. Matter how you approach to pretty much so you know I felt like I was actually had a huge -- advantage compared have one -- we haven't kept talking about my age and how she can do that she's old but. If you think about I had experience and maturity I mean I knew what to expect it and I I had a huge advantage over one I love the -- here is that pulled away from and I think every forty -- year old to so many approach and appears should keep away 56 there. Yeah that I don't."

" But a -- not as mature. I I don't know about that either got to put myself at. You say what you get older -- settle down okay -- pistol steel myself and would easily get older you trained to you do less. You get stronger and you stretch of it. So."

" I I take care my body on the outside of it I do destruction which helps your recovery. It matters what I've put in my body I drink milk after riot. Some for recovery. Take finish -- asked to -- kind of stuff it's all about recovery and I think the biggest thing that are the biggest obstacle -- overcome. Was my first started training was figuring out I that I -- have to do with the twenty euros were posted to make you Olympic team and that's a while to get you've got. Change you change your smaller yes exactly."

" Thank I have fascinating -- Really it's it's a fast -- restaurant so many other hurdles that you overcame that we don't have time to get into the congratulations isn't all of your success today for all of the book -- is just a number I think you prefer you go buy it rather different I would talk about it. Congratulations that's and the foot she's still active and she's gonna probably in the next Olympics they go. Meanwhile straight ahead."