Zitat des Tages von Ryan Lochte:
You know, you pick and choose your battles.
I can't eat beans - all beans. I think because I'm half Cuban. So growing up, we were always eating black beans and rice, and I think I just said, 'Enough with it,' and I can't even stand to taste it anymore.
I have a lot of endurance and I have a good background right now in my training and it's time to get ready.
Just all that hard work, all those hours in the pool, I feel like it's about to pay off. I guess we'll just have to wait and see this summer.
The big picture is the Trials and Olympics. I just have to keep focused for that, keep moving forward.
It's so hard to express yourself, because swimmers are pretty much paying attention to a black line for hours out of a day.
My senior year of high school, when I was getting recruited for college, my dad goes to me, 'You can become an Olympic champion.' And that's the first time that I'd heard someone else say that to me. I was like, 'Uh, are you talking to me?'
I think after the 2008 Olympics I wasn't really satisfied with the outcome, so I knew I had to change some things.
My philosophy is if you're a man at night, you gotta be a man in the morning.
I tore up my knee break dancing. I have no idea how that happened. Apparently these legs are meant for swimming, but not dancing. I was watching an MTV video, thinking, 'I can do this.' Definitely not. I heard a pop. I sat down and it blew up like a watermelon. I had to go to the hospital and get surgery.
My suit blew up into a parachute. All this water rushed in, there's air, water in there. I was freaking out.
Things are moving pretty quick, and of course, the whole focus is training and getting ready and being able to prepare to be on the world's stage and hopefully do the United States proud.
The fact that people actually want my autograph is crazy.
I took my weight training to a new level.
I believe everyone has a soul mate that they can spend the rest of their life together.
I was a little troublemaker. Always trying to get in trouble, always mischief, like throwing rocks at cars when I was younger, all that kind of stuff.
When I was a kid, I looked up to an Olympian superstar. I won't mention his name but when I asked for his autograph he said, 'no.'
I am at the Olympics, I forgot to tie my suit, how is this gonna happen?
No matter what I'm doing, I'm training. I'm training every day and I think that's something I won't lose - no matter what I do, no matter what event I'm at, I always find a way to train. It's just something that I love to do.
I'm big into fashion, so after swimming, when I hang up the Speedo, I definitely want to get into fashion and start designing my own clothing line.
I've always been honest with all my kids. So I - if they did well, they did well. And if they didn't, actually, I asked, did you try your best? And if they tried their best, then, you know, I back out because I expect them to be honest with me or with themselves. And I can't make you go out there and work out hard.
I started eating healthier. I actually gave up fast food. I gave up candy and potato chips and everything else. I started watching what I ate.
After my swims this weekend I think coach realized, you know what, you have to have a good one getting out of this meet. So I put the suit on and had a decent swim.
I honestly think if I would've tied my suit and there wouldn't have been any water rushing through it, I think I could've gone at least a second faster.
I surround myself with people who really understand and love me. I think that's the best thing I can do.
There's people out there that are like, 'Oh my God, I want to have your kid. I want to marry you.' People that I've never even met. That's sweet. It's funny.
I wasn't really happy with the way 2008 turned out for me. I wanted to change some things.
I might wear my pink Speedo. I think I should.
No matter what, like, I couldn't - I could break a world record, get an Olympic gold medal, and my mom would be, like, you could have done better. But you looked pretty. That's what she says all the time.
I don't have a set style, but I try not to dress like everyone else.
The whole Kardashian family, they have a bunch of energy.
I'm definitely laid back. I don't take things so seriously.
The swimming community is really small, but why can't it be as big as the NBA or the NFL?
You could literally be perfect and people would still hate you, for being perfect.
I love working out. I mean, I've been doing it for about 20 years every day of my entire life. So I enjoy working out.
With swimming, I burn a lot of calories. I'm able to eat pretty much anything and it won't affect me. But I don't.