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

Because a known fact is better than an unknown fact.

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

If you have a lane, you have a chance.

Well my thoughts on American swimming are that our prospects look favorable, but we may not have as strong a showing in the gold medal count as in previous Olympics. But I am not coaching

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.