Swimming has its educational value - mental, moral, and physical - in giving you a sense of mastery over an element, and of power of saving life, and in the development of wind and limb. Read Summary
I've never lifted a single weight in my life. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming. Read Summary
I haven't swam in any of the rivers outside of Baltimore. I try to keep it in the pool. Read Summary
It's cool just because I've had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it's finally happening. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal. Read Summary
If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy. Read Summary
Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home. Read Summary
Even in high school, I'd tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn't too happy. She'd say, 'Think about this.' And I'd always end up getting back in the pool. Read Summary
I try to separate my personal life from swimming. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
Why is it such a big deal what I'm swimming? Read Summary
This is my 20th year in the sport. I've known swimming and that's it. I don't want to swim past age 30; if I continue after this Olympics, and come back in 2016, I'll be 31. I'm looking forward to being able to see the other side of the fence. Read Summary
I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming. Read Summary
I swim like a fish and I have an amazing kick. Read Summary
My father was a swim teacher. We used to swim before school, swim after school. Read Summary
Oh! Most miserable wretch that I am! Why have I not learnt how to swim? Read Summary
To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. Read Summary