I've felt for the past several months that I am in the best shape I have ever been in, i think trials was just a very different experience for me and I think I wasn't really prepared for the emotional aspect of it...coming in this year I think I felt the pressure a lot more than I ever have before.

Missy Franklin

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A huge part of swimming for me is I love it, and it is so much fun.

Missy Franklin

swimming huge fun

I am the luckiest girl in the world. I learned that if I just keep a positive mental attitude, that I can go out there and do whatever I hope I can do. It's all mental in getting out there, and having confidence in myself, and having strength and knowing I can do it.

Missy Franklin

girl knowing attitude

Sometimes we complain, but there is something beautiful about waking up before everyone to get better at what we love.

Missy Franklin

get-better motivation beautiful

The goal is to keep having fun. Not let that pressure get to me and still be Missy.

Missy Franklin

goal fun sports

I'm just an all-around happy girl who loves everything about her life.

Missy Franklin

happy-girl girl happy-life

For me, it seems to help me take the pressure off if I don't pay attention to what other people are telling me.

Missy Franklin

pay attention people

I'm always so excited about what I do that I try to get everyone to feel that way.

Missy Franklin

excited trying way

For my parents to let me turn down the money that I have been offered to go pro, it's unbelievable. They want me to enjoy my senior year in high school. I am so excited to be a senior, finally. It doesn't get more fun than that.

Missy Franklin

senior fun school

Hopefully I don't annoy people too much.

Missy Franklin

annoying too-much people

I haven't even thought about a world record. I just want to go out there and have fun. I think when you focus too much on the numbers, you don't see anything that's out there.

Missy Franklin

numbers fun thinking

Sometimes when my mom finds a fun article and really wants me to read it, I will. But I prefer to just kind of focus on what I want to do and not really what other people are saying, because I don't want that to affect me too much.

Missy Franklin

mom fun people

I don't think about the trials and the Olympics a lot. If I do, it's just going to stress me out and get me worried.

Missy Franklin

stress trials thinking

For right now, I still believe that college is what's going to make me the happiest girl.

Missy Franklin

girl college believe

I don't like watching myself on TV, I don't like reading about myself.

Missy Franklin

tvs reading

That is kind of how my year has gone, i feel like I have worked as hard as I ever have and it just hasn't been there. It's incredibly frustrating.

Missy Franklin

sports

I know Katie is going to be amazing in this event.

Missy Franklin

sports