Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success.

Swimming isn't everything - winning is.

If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

So in my mind I own a lot of house records still

I'm at the depot, and I'm not going anywhere. That's better to deal with than having to deal with the unknown. And the unknown is they don't want to fail. They don't want to pay the price unless there's a guarantee they're going to get there

If you are relaxing and subconsciously thinking about your coming race, you are going to perform at just about 100 percent efficiency.

As a kid, chess was the first thing I studied in a structured way that helped me gain the discipline to study medicine and become successful doctor.