her. >> 99.9% of us can't imagine the type of pressure you feel as an elite athlete with the whole world watching you at a moment like this in the olympics. so, you know, try to explain to the rest of us what it feels like to be in that moment. >> it's tough. it's tough to explain, too. i'm someone, i always listen to music before races. i'm always wearing headphones, always trying to kind of distract myself from thinking about the moment too much. i can't even wear, like, the in-ear air pods because when i try to open the case to put them in, my hands are shaking too much, i can't actually get them in the case. that's just an example. i have to wear the over the ears because the pressure is huge. >> on the flip side, the feeling when you won the 4 by 100 medley, what does that feel like? >> unreal. i don't know that i have been excited. swimming is a challenging sport. the body hurts bad at the end of the races, i don't think i felt