Buzzfeed Sports interviewing Natalie Coughlin

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The Olympics are one of the most exhausting, overwhelming, exciting, crazy experiences you could possibly imagine. There’s a reason I took over a year off after the last one [laughs] — they are draining. There’s so much pressure, so much excitement, and you’re physically exhausted from competition, but there’s just all this craziness around you, and it is draining. Fortunately, I’ve been on that world stage for many years and I know exactly what to expect in London, so I have a gameplan now, but they’re pretty insane.