I was really thinking that I was going to be able to do it quickly. I wasn’t going to let what happened take away what I loved to do. I wasn’t going to go out that way. But going through these surgeries, the physical therapy, the rehab, in this pandemic — it has been very time-consuming and stressful. The amount of effort you put in, when it comes down to it — that good feeling I had from diving was going away.

Source: New York Times September 29, 2021 21:56 UTC