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Laura is very excited to welcome two-time Olympic swimmer, Cammile Adams, to the podcast today. Originally from Houston, Cammile started swimming at four years old, and went on to specialize in the 200m butterfly, eventually becoming a two-time NCAA Champion and seven-time NCAA All-American. She also competed for Team USA at the World Championships, earning a silver medal in 2015, and also represented her country at the London and Rio Olympics. Having retired from competitive swimming after Rio, Cammile currently runs a number of SafeSplash Swim Schools in and around Houston.\n\xa0\nIn this episode, Cammile describes her swimming career starting with her twin sister and her father at an early age, through her college, professional and Olympic experiences, and finishing with her dream job running her swim schools. Along the way she shares the influence her coaches and mentors have had upon her, her unique fly stroke, one of the darkest moments in her life, and the importance of building a \u2018tribe\u2019, of having wise counsel around, and of balancing life within and outside of the pool. She concludes the conversation with her valuable advice for young athletes, borne out of her vast amount of experience and earned wisdom. Fully evident throughout today\u2019s episode is the idea that sports can teach a person so much about themselves and help them grow the skills necessary for life in general. Cammile Adams provides living proof of this fact, as her incredible learning journey, shared here today, clearly demonstrates.

Episode Highlights:\n\xa0

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• The USA House
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• Cammile\u2019s early start into swimming
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• Competing with her twin sister
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• The story of Cammile and Ashley\u2019s college recruitment
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• The influence of her coaches and mentors
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• Cammile\u2019s unique fly stroke
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• Her college experience
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• The value of working on things \u2018outside of your normal box\u2019
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• Her first Olympics
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• Moments in life where \u2018your tribe\u2019 speak truth to you
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• One of the darkest moments in Cammile\u2019s life
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• The importance of having wise counsel around you
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• Balancing life outside of the pool and in the pool
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• The transition to going pro
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• The road to her 2016 Olympics
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• Her 2016 Olympics experience
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• Cammile\u2019s SafeSplash Swim Schools
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• Cammile\u2019s advice for young athletes
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Quotes:\n\xa0

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• \u201cI\u2019ve actually never played another sport.\u201d
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• \u201cAshley really swam for the friends.\u201d
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• \u201cI think I learned more about the person I want to be from Steve, than, like, the swimmer I want to be\u2026he did truly change my life.\u201d
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• \u201cSports isn\u2019t just about sports.\u201d
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• \u201cI think shoulder surgery may be one of the best things that happened to my swimming career.\u201d
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• \u201cThis is not always a fun, comfortable feeling to be in, but this is an opportunity.\u201d
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• \u201cI got to become a student of the sport of swimming and that was my entire focus.\u201d
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• \u201cThink about what you can do outside of the water to make yourself better in the water.\u201d
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• \u201cI needed to figure out how to fight through.\u201d
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• \u201cI also just truly believed that it was an absolute privilege to swim for Texas A&M.\u201d
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• \u201cNot letting the highs be too high and the lows be too low\u2026within life and within sport.\u201d
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• \u201cOne of these is not like the others.\u201d
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• \u201cIt made me to be very aware of my emotions.\u201d
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• \u201cYou have all these, almost like, end of life kind of thoughts\u2026it\u2019s very real stuff.\u201d
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• \u201cNo one had warned me that that feeling was coming.\u201d
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• \u201cI needed that, like, roundhouse kick in the face \u2013 grow up!\u201d
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• \u201cHow much growth I had made, not only in the sport, but also personally\u20262015 was just a really special summer for me\u2026all the parts were just aligned.\u201d
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• \u201cYou train your entire life for this, and then it\u2019s gone within seconds.\u201d
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• \u201cIt\u2019s one of those ways, like, God teaches you to deal with adversity.\u201d
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• \u201cIt was such a hard lesson for me, I think.\u201d
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• \u201cIt was just like the perfect life balance that I needed.\u201d
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• \u201cThis is my dream job, and I have it at, you know, 27 years old\u2026and I honestly can\u2019t imagine ever doing anything else.\u201d
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• \u201cIf you fail to prepare, you are preparing to fail\u2026a statement that I live by.\u201d
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Links:\nThe Pursuit of Gold homepage: \xa0 http://thepursuitofgold.com/\xa0\nMental Training: \xa0 https://www.laurawilkinson.com/learn\xa0\nLaura\u2019s Social Media:\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lala_the_diver \xa0\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLauraWilkinson\xa0\n\xa0\nConnect with Cammile:\nSafeSplash Swim School:\xa0 \xa0https://www.safesplash.com/\nCammile\u2019s Instagram:\xa0 \xa0https://www.instagram.com/cammileadams/