I questioned why I even joined swim in the first place. After one practice, I was on the verge of quitting. I never practiced as hard as that first day of practice. However, my coach pushed me to swim and not give up. His words of wisdom stuck to me. Despite having no prior experience competitively, I strived to improve my swimming techniques. With the assistance and guidance of my coach, I was able to learn the freestyle stroke through constant stroke and kick drills. I was eager to learn; I wanted to better myself and have no limitations. Although learning all the strokes was a difficult task, I was able to learn the fundamentals of backstroke, breaststroke, and the butterfly stroke. Eventually, I noticed that, the harder I pushed myself