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In this episode, an Olympic champion proves age really is just a number, and an American hero remembers a day that not only changed history, it changed his future.

Do you find yourself overwhelmed by reaching your goal destination, and forget to enjoy the ride? Olympic champion Rowdy Gaines has traveled the world but says the one thing that helped him was pausing to look around.

Do you find yourself paralyzed with fear, thinking about all the the bad things that might result from taking a risk? Olympic champion Dr. Dot Richardson has advice for what you can say to yourself to overcome the negative thoughts.

You know him as a huge swimming success -- but did you know that Olympic champion Rowdy Gaines failed over and over and over again? He has advice for learning from the defeats and taking chances until you succeed.

Ever feel like life is a series of waves -- some taking you high, some knocking you down? Olympic champion Dr. Dot Richardson says there's a trick to facing obstacles head on, and it's all about riding the current.

An Olympic champion proves age really is just a number, and an American hero remembers a day that not only changed history, it changed his future. Plus, we pay tribute to some under-appreciated instruments.

Dr. Lucky Meisenheimer is the P.T. Barnum of masters swimming. Completing Lucky's Lake swim is now nearly as cool as crossing the English Channel. If Lucky wants you to swim, eventually you will. Just ask Olympic champion Rowdy Gaines.

Tom Watson's performance in the British Open is only the latest by an aging athlete. Growing Bolder has one of the world's top collections of interviews with Masters Athletes. See for yourself.

Just months after winning two individual national championships in US Masters Swimming and setting three world records with his BluFrog swimming teammates, Marc Middleton has placed third in the 2012 USA Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships.