I've missed out on a huge goal but the desire is still there.

There is water in every lane, so it is OK.

For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in

Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.

Part of me didn't know if Australia wanted its champion to be gay.

The only thing is I am a little bit ashamed of is I didn't come out earlier, that I didn't have the strength to do it, the courage to break that lie. But everyone goes on their own path to do this, and I don't want the struggle to be so hard for other people.

I am not going to allow myself not to perform well just because I don't feel well. I am bulletproof to the extent that a lot of things can be thrown at me, but it's about how much I am prepared to let them affect me