 I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team. |
| Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home. |
| I'm the same kind of guy before all this happened. |
| My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.' |
| 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. |
| I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.' I don't want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I'd like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along. |
| You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get. |
| I have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, 'Well, what do I do? What's best for me?' I need to look into options for the future. |
| I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible. |
| Every day after I wake up, I think, 'Wait... this can't be real; I'm still going to wake up.' |
| 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. |
| If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy. |
| There is a one woman in China that claimed she paid $50 to get my e-mail address. It was pretty shocking. I got one this morning from Scotland. A girl's requesting a signed photo of me. |
| I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming. |
| 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. |
| I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. There's no better time to try this than now. |
