Gold Medal Mom

-She's considered the greatest female distance swimmer of all time. Janet Evans has won 4 Olympic medals and taken all many challenges, but still says the toughest one she's ever faced is being a mom. -I think being a mom is about a million times harder than winning an Olympic gold medal. You know, winning Olympic gold medal, you just get in the pool and swim and do what your coaches tell you, you know. We all the challenges of being a mom, but I also have to say it is more rewarding, a million times more rewarding. Janet and her husband, Billy Willson, have a baby girl, Sydney, born in 2006. She says the best part of being a mom is- -Holding her and having this little person that looks up to you and that you get to take care of and I don't know. I've done a lot in my life and seen a lot of things and accomplished many things, but I think there's nothing greater than being a parent. -It's an Olympic year so Janet's very busy with motivational speeches and even a cameo in a Johnson & Johnson video. -That's a big bathtub. -Hey, isn't that Olympian swimmer Janet Evans with her baby? -Gold meadows! She sure knows how to accessorize. -Well, I wish there was time to get her autograph. -Hey, swimming looks fun. I wonder if I could join the competition. -She's got a lot on her plate right now, but, fortunately, her parents help her out with Sydney a lot. -My parents have been an amazing help especially my mom. So, I thank my mom because she got me through my- all my swim practices and, now that my husband and I have little baby Sydney, my parents and my mom especially, have been watching her for me. So, on the days that I've been training for the show or the days that I will be in Beijing at the Olympics, my parents will be home with my little girl. -Speaking of swimming, Janet isn't competing anymore, but she does spend lots of time in the pool with Sydney. She encourages every parent to teach their child to swim when they're very young. -Drowning happens in about 2 minutes. So, it is a very important thing that we need to focus on. I'm very, very strong in the fact that children aren't pool safe until they're about 6 or 7 years old and every child needs to get into swimming lessons early on so they can foster love for the water and, most importantly, feel safe in the water.