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

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.

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

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.

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 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.