20 questions with Aaron!
1. What is your dream car?
AAA CL55 AMG – it’s a Mercedes CL55 AMG – it’s a Mercedes CL55
AMG – it’s a Mercedes. 2. We’re watching you on the big
screen, what’s the role?
James Bond. It seems like he’s cool. Something else cool would be Braveheart
– or a role like that. 3. Your little sister, Hayley, has quite a
following. What’s a sport or activity she’s beaten you at?
Easy question! My parents – she has a hand over on that. She just does, and I
couldn’t explain it if you asked me to. But she does.
4. What’s chasing you in the woods, a tiger or bear?
Can I pick nei the other, choose (pause)…I guess a tiger, because it’s
cool looking. But either way, face it – you’re done. 5.
What’s the last book you read?
The Godfather. It was a great book, awesome. 6. How many kids will you have after you get married?
Three, I guess. Between three and 20. How’s that? 7. What gets you to the pool when you just don’t feel it happening?
Knowing the guys will be there, too, going through same thing I’m facing. 8. Is that part of what makes this particular moment of time at the University of Texas so special?
Yes, and it really is true – this is a special time down here. It’s a common
bond, an understanding that everyone else understands what the motivation and goals are. Having everyone at the same level
really helps all of us.
9. What sport, besides swimming, would you be
a pro in if you had a choice?
Probably surfing. I love the sport, love to travel the world, love to go to cool places. 10. Aaron Piersol is put in charge of deciding where the Olympics are to be held at some date in the
future. Where would that be?
Where could we have it? Geeze, let me think… I loved Australia, so I’d
have it there again. There’s just nothing wrong with Australia. 11.
Where would you live if you could pick anywhere?
I’d probably live in Tahiti. The areas around there are great. So even if it
were just for a couple of years, that’s what I’d go with. I’d go surfing all the time, and just hang out. 12. What is your favorite area of study in school?
Biology. It is just fascinating. Put down Physics, too, for me. I love physics. I just
love to know how things work and why. 13. What’s your favorite non-swimming
web site that you frequent?
Surfline.com. It’s a cool site.
14. Based on what you’ve learned at Texas, and having a younger sister in the
sport, you seem like a candidate to be a coach someday. Do you see that happening?
Probably not. I don’t know. It depends on a lot of things. I’ve always
told myself probably not, because when I leave the sport, I’ll leave it for good.So, the answer would be no, unless
it was an absolutely perfect situation. 15. You seem awfully innocent. I’m
assuming trouble doesn’t find you often. Anything you can present to disprove that?
(Laughs). How (pauses again, and laughs) innocent do you want it to be? When we were
young, really little – Hayley called the cops when she and I were having a disagreement. She was 5, and I was
7. She was crazy. I still remember it to this day. The police actually showed up at our house over this disagreement between
brother and sister! 16. Where are you at age 40?
Where? I don’t know, probably somewhere close to the beach. Hopefully, I’m
happy. That’s what’s most important – and that I am close to family and friends, and have a good job. 17. Who is your favorite pro athlete that you’d like to meet?
Rob Michado, he’s a surfer in southern California. He’s really good. 18. When are your buddies on the University of Texas football team going to win it all? They seem overdue.
Hopefully sooner rather than later. They need to win it pretty soon. Things need to
be right, though. But they do have a lot of talent on that team. Still, big games seem a little harder for them than the
others. 19. What’s your favorite candy bar?
I can never choose on stuff like that. I mean, seriously, I take 10 minutes to choose
a candy bar in a store. Maybe a Butterfinger. 20. What’s your favorite
magazines to read?
I’d probably pick a sailing one, or one about yachts – maybe one about
surfing. I have a friend whom I talk to, and we share this common goal, of wanting to get this really sweet yacht and travel
the world. So we look online or in magazines at yachts!
10 songs to swim to!!!
1) OZZY OSBOURNE - CRAZY TRAIN
Ay, ay ay, thats all I gotta say 2)LED ZEPPELIN - KASHIMIR
Come on, let's be honest, Zep knows how to get your
blood going 3)THE WHO - WE WON'T GET FOOLED
AGAIN
I can listen to the wail at the end of this song and
swim a world record anywhere, anytime. I just haven't unleashed it yet 4)AEROSMITH - DREAM ON
Dream On will get you day dreamin' all day of that
untouchable performance. Dream OOOOOn 5)ROLLING
STONES - START ME UP
It's just me and Mick in that pool 6)JIMI HENDRIX - FIRE
You wan t to set the pool on fire, listen to this
riff 7)LINKIN PARK - ONE STEP CLOSER
You want to get your blood boiling, hehe,try this 8)STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - VASOLINE
Makes you want to rub Vasoline all over your body,
but don't before a race, it's not exactly legal 9)MARVIN
GAYE - LET'S GET IT ON
Hey, don't underestimate the performance powers of
Marvin Gaye 10)LED ZEPPELIN - HEARTBREAKER
This is the song I broke the world long course record
to
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