One minute you're a developing athlete trying to get to the top, then the next minute you do well and win a medal somewhere, and then it's all foisted on you. You never know when it's going to happen. You don't think about the media side of things when you're a young athlete trying to do well.
Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique, and not too much imagination.
We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.