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.

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

I think now I'll probably take a few days off and enjoy the competition and then sit down with a few people and work out what is next, work out what the next preparation will be and what competition will be next.

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

This is why relays are so important, because you can find more in yourself for someone else, than what you can ever find for yourself.

I'll go for broke. Swim faster. It's not going to be easy - this whole thing was never going to be easy.

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