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After witnessing the greatest week in swimming history at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, 3-time Olympic gold medalist and NBC analyst Rowdy Gaines dishes all the behind-the-scenes dirt to Growing Bolder.

After leaving the sport of his youth behind for decades, John Newman rediscovered swimming when he was struck by a deadly illness.

The Rowdy Gaines Masters Classic presented by LIMU is very quickly becoming one of the marquee masters swimming meets in the world. It's a pool full of inspiration. So who gets the Growing Bolder Inspiration Award? And why?

One of the most amazing feats in the history of competitive swimming took place recently and no one heard anything about it.

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.

When a brain tumor left her barely able to walk, Villages resident Jane Dulieu discovered her water legs.

The Olympic Games have been the definition of competitive for hundreds of years. And Rowdy Gaines has been the epitome of athletic success. He's a gold medalist, a world record holder and a member of the swimming hall of fame.

Matt Damon may be kicking butt in the movies, but his uncle is the REAL athlete in the family.

For anyone who's ever considered giving up, you have to hear the story of Karen Einsidler, who went from a double mastectomy to a world championship.