Nice piece about Caleb Dressel in the New York Times today:
www.nytimes.com/.../for-a-natural-swimming-isnt-always-easy.html
The closing sentence: “It’s just me and the water,” he said, “and I’ll share the water with my teammates.”
That reminded me of Michael Jordan's comments years ago about the boundaries of the basketball court. It formed a barrier between him and the outside world, one where it was just him and the other nine players.