If you want to be Mark Spitz then go for it. If you want to be Michael Phelps then you'll have to work for it. Nobody should wake up to a lower expectation of themselves.

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.

The only side effect of too much training is that you get into better shape. There is nothing wrong with that.

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

If you have a lane, you have a chance.

Life is everchanging, if you cease to change, you cease to live.

Everyone loves to be loved.