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.

It's a beautiful thing, diving into the cool crisp water and then just sort of being able to pull your body through the water and the water opening up for you.

I used to do some terrible things in the marshalling area to upset my rivals.

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

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.

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