I probably have a different mental approach to swimming than most people. I actually enjoy training.

I can remember crawling through the window where he was in the hospital... He said, 'You have a gift... keep training for me.' I s'pose those were the last words he ever spoke to me.

I knew that the stronger that I was, the faster I was going to swim, and thats all I had in my mind at the time, was I wanted to be the best swimmer in the world.

Make yourself an example, achieve it, but don't hurt anyone on the way up. I don't think I did that.

If you're good at it, you can win.

I've worked hard all my life.

I probably have a different mental approach to swimming than most people. I actually enjoy training.