“Do I dare ask what counts as a lot?”
“She’s been swimming 7,000 or 8,000 yards a day,”
said the coach.
“Yikes!” I said. “That’s like five miles!”
“Yep,” said Coach Pibwell. “That’s what it takes to
be the best .”
“When she finishes swimming, will she get to go
home and sleep?”
“Nope! Later on, after she gets out of the pool, she
will do bench presses and leg presses. She will do
sit-ups and chin-ups .”
“Oh man,” I moaned. “It makes me tired just to
hear all of that!”
“It’s like they say: there’s no gain without pain!”
said Coach Pibwell.