I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don't go much any more.
The more you dream the more you achieve.
I am 26 and, and I don't recover as fast as I have in the past.
Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.
I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal.
I usually try to eat lot of calories. With so many events, it is important to sustain a high level of energy through the entire meet. I usually eat two hours before a meet.
Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz.
If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.
It's cool just because I've had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it's finally happening.
I'm so sick of the water.
Why is it such a big deal what I'm swimming?
For so long, I looked at myself as literally a kid who was talented who would go up and down the pool. That's it. Nothing else. Very few people knew who I really was.
I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it's a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I'm going to be happy.
People say to me, 'You're so lucky. You get to see the world.' But I don't. I go to the hotel and to the pools and back again. That's it.
I can only control my own performance. If I do my best, then I can feel good at the end of the day.
I can't remember the last day I didn't train.
You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything.
I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
I've been able to get an excitement back in the water.
I want to retire how I want to retire - and I have a great opportunity to do that.
I wouldn't say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it.
There are too many kids who are drowning for lack of water safety. That's something I'd like to do. Teaching kids to live an active lifestyle.
My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.