Missy Franklin is so upbeat, so full of energy, so dang positive all the time, it’s hard to imagine her ever going to a dark place.
After what happened last summer, though, it’s only natural that she would start to question everything she stood for.
”Being totally honest with you, it’s something that terrifies me,” Franklin said, her perpetually positive tone suddenly filled with doubt and insecurity. ”What if I’m never as good as I was?”
That’s a logical, if excruciating question.
At 17, she was the darling of the Olympics, a bubbly teenager who swam in seven events at London and captured four golds and a bronze.