1. The rage you get when someone questions the legitimacy of your sport

IT'S A SPORT OKAY

2. The weird looks you get from strangers when you landrill in public

I promise this isn't some satanic ritual

3. Watching the really good teams at big meets and wondering how the lifts they do work

Are you guys wizards?

4. Your eyes burning after countless swims of your routine without goggles

Your eyes would be so red afterwards.

5. Accepting that you will probably never get a flattering mid-performance photo

It's just so hard to breathe and smile at the same time

6. The suspense leading up to your coach telling you what that year's theme would be

Please please please let it be good music

7. The feeling of hot Knox dripping down your face

You knew it was going to happen, but you still always hated it

8. No matter how many showers you take, you are still picking Knox out of your hair after meets

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S MORE

9. Your headpiece never had enough bobby pins by your coach's standard

How can I need more, I already have a whole package???

10. Trying to put your team cap over your already Knoxed hair

Well, there goes that cap

11. Putting on your super tight routine suit

Thank goodness I only have to wear this for 3 minutes

12. That awful feeling when your favorite noseclip breaks

This was the only one that worked right!!!

13. Or when your noseclip falls off in the middle of a performance

Try to discreetly sneak another one on

14. Your suit collection is 90% black suits for figures

You can never have too many black suits

15. You may not have participated in a "traditional" sport, but there was nothing else you could have imagined spending hours doing

I made some of the best memories of my life through this sport and I am forever grateful