` ` I felt like it was me , not her , '' Miller says about ESPN reporter Chris Cooper . Winning was an incredible way to honor his brother , he said , which made Sunday great and painful . ` Cooper asked Miller about his past ; he ended up unable to speak and collapsed . Miller 's brother , a swimmer with his own Olympic aspirations , graduated last year .
` ` I felt like it was me , not her , '' Miller says about ESPN reporter Chris Cooper . Cooper asked Miller about his past ; he ended up unable to speak and collapsed . Miller 's brother , a swimmer with his own Olympic aspirations , graduated last year .