Dressel draws a sharp line between the first 18 months of an Olympic cycle and the final six. The early phase is quiet preparation and refinement, not anxious strategizing: "What happens the 18 months before is really just preparation and getting making sure those last six months are correct." The implication: most competitors waste long build-up windows worrying instead of building.
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