I've worked hard all my life.

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

The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.

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

I don't linger on the fact that Dawn Fraser was a great swimmer 40 years ago. That was in the past. I did break 41 world records, but I don't live on that today.

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

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.