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

Do any exercise you want as long as you're willing to do it. You see gym equipment on TV advertisements all the time, but guess what? It's only good if you actually use it.

I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win.

If he wins seven golds and ties what I did, then it would be like I was the first man on the moon and he became the second. If he wins more than seven, then he becomes the first man on Mars. We'd both be unique.

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

I am going to sit there and watch Michael Phelps break my record anonymously? That's almost demeaning to me. It is not almost - it is.

I went through a lifestyle change when I dropped 40 pounds. Taking care of my diet was the first thing I did.