Editor's Note: With the 2016 Olympic Summer Games beginning in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, we take a look back at this 2013 Q&A with swimming coach Bob Bowman, this year's coach of the U.S. Olympic swim team and the longtime coach of the most decorated athlete in Olympic history, Michael Phelps. The introduction has been amended but the Q&A is unaltered.

Bob Bowman is best known as the coach of champion swimmer Michael Phelps, who set a record for the most gold medals in the Olympics among many other accomplishments, inclduing becoming the most decorated Olympic athlete of all-time. Bowman is an avid fan of horse racing and has entered into several horse racing partnerships. From 2005-2008, he was the head coach for the University of Michigan men's swimming & diving team, served as the CEO/Head Coach for North Baltimore Aquatic Club and has been an assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic swim team for three Olympic Games before taking on the role of head coach for 2016.

Name: Bob Bowman

What I do for a living: Swimming coach

How and when I was introduced to Thoroughbred racing: 1992, by a colleague

My favorite racetrack: Keeneland

My favorite Thoroughbred racing event: Breeders’ Cup

Other sports/teams I follow: Baltimore Ravens, Florida State Seminoles

What I would like to see more of in Thoroughbred racing: Younger fans

What I would like to see less of in Thoroughbred racing: Pushing young horses to get them sales ready

Phelps and Bowman in 2009. (WikiMedia Commons)

Three words that define what Thoroughbred racing means to me: Athleticism, beauty, heart

First Thoroughbred track I ever attended was: Golden Gate Fields

Favorite all-time Thoroughbred: Secretariat

My personal best moment in the sport of Thoroughbred racing: Winning my first stakes race with Vanderkaay and Rosie Napravnik

Best racetrack food can be found at: Keeneland

My favorite jockey: Gary Stevens

My favorite trainer: Graham Motion

My heroes: Coach K (Mike Krzyzewski), Bill Belichik

Person in Thoroughbred racing I’d like to have dinner with:  D. Wayne Lukas

My philosophy on life: It goes on.

Favorite quote or motto:  Don’t count the days, make the days count.

Favorite animal other than a horse: Dog

Favorite non-Thoroughbred racing sports event I have attended: Olympic Games

Favorite food: Steak

Favorite vacation spot: Australia

Favorite city: Sydney

Favorite musician/band: New York Philharmonic

Favorite all-time movie(s): “Hoosiers”

Favorite TV show: “Friday Night Lights”

Favorite hotel: Mondrian L. A.

Websites I visit daily:  Blood-Horse, SwimSwam, USA Today,

What I drive: Chevy Silverado

Pet peeve: Laziness

Favorite movie about horse racing: “Phar Lap”

Which actor would play me in a movie: No clue

Alma Mater: Florida State University

Favorite shows/channels: Mike and Mike ESPN, NFL Network, HRTV, Cooking Channel

Best book I recently read: “The Talent Code”

Favorite memento: Warm-up jacket Michael Phelps wore in his first Olympic Games

Favorite dessert: Anything with ice cream

Favorite drink: Opus One

Favorite scent: Lavender

What I like about my job: Helping young people reach their dreams

Favorite tech gadget: iPhone

Twitter handle: @coach_bowman

People I follow on Twitter: Graham Motion, Michael Phelps, Joe Flacco