I went over as many memories as I could to see if I could attribute her exclamation towards me as true.
(When I pressed her on this, she attributed her careful language to being a "scientist" before delivering a monologue on the corruption of the "medical establishment").
I also saw the comments of the ones who attributed her success to her 'fortunate' life, ranging from her affluent upbringing to the sponsors who have enabled her to focus almost solely on her swimming during competition periods.
But now, having learned her perspective, and having established she is not evil, I'd attribute her rough treatment of Dad to the uncomplicated fact that she was an overworked mother of three who needed more of a hand from her largely absent husband, who, when she gets ultra-tired, gets snappish.
Payne attributed her behavior to a series of mini-strokes and insisted, "I was not drunk".
One respondent, for example, attributed her high blood pressure to "thinking too much" about her grandchildren: I'm thinking too much because of my grandchildren.
Another informant attributed her difficulty with healthy eating to nursing: "In the beginning when I was nursing all the time, I was just starving.
When she was the co-chef at Bar Tartine, in San Francisco, Burns made the only carob dessert that I have truly enjoyed: a semifreddo with mint and eucalyptus whose appeal, at the time, I attributed to her brilliance.
She attributed her calm performance at the end to the psychological training she has undergone: "I could have bottled it and thrown it away," she said.
Hjorth attributed her success to a change in her swing.
