We all love to win, but how many people love to train?

I got beat real hard and heavy in the Olympic Games in 1968 by a guy who swam an incredible race one time in his whole life, but he did it right at the right time. I'd like to be that guy now. Maybe that's what I'm going to have to pull out of my hat to make the Olympic team.

Life is true to form, records are meant to be broken

Swimming isn't everything - winning is.

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

The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude.

There are times I might coach one or two workouts a year when the regular coach gets caught in traffic