Birds?
Steve was born in this capital city of Arizona, named after a mythical bird that catches fire and is reborn from its ashes.
What is Phoenix?
Also an improvisational style of rap, this stroke is Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky's strongest.
What is freestyle?
This is the number of the winter month when Steve was born.
What is 12?
It's the only finger on your hand that you might refer to as a "bird".
What is the middle finger?
Ryan Lochte's best stroke is this, the only stroke in which swimmers are looking up at the flags over the pool.
What is backstroke?
The year that Steve became "Granddad".
What is 2022?
Something you may not know about Steve is that he has reached this highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
What is Eagle Scout?
So you brought your swimsuit, your swim cap, and a towel to the pool... but don't forget these, which will help you see underwater!
What are goggles?
The number of meters in one length of a short-course swimming pool.
What is 25?
A nostalgic book for Steve is "My Side of the Mountain", a story written from the perspective of a boy who leaves home in New York City to live alone in the Catskills. At one point in the story, he raises a chick of this type of bird, and trains her to help him hunt. It's a good choice: that happens to be the fastest bird in the world, and can reach speeds of up to 240 mph during its hunting dives.
What is a peregrine falcon?
Currently, the fastest American male swimmer is this man, who dominates sprint events and claimed five gold medals in Tokyo.
Who is Caeleb Dressel?
If you want to take a bunch of pennies to the bank to deposit, you will need to put this many pennies in each roll.
What is 50?
In Steve's office in Charlotte hung a whimsical painting depicting this red state bird of North Carolina... wearing glasses?
What is a cardinal?
Michael Phelps' best stroke is this... and while he certainly floats like one, I want to know: does he sting like a bee?
What is butterfly?
Finish the line from The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot: "The church bell chimed, it rang" this many times, "for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald."
What is 29?