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

If you have a lane, you have a chance.

By making a comeback, I'm changing the attitude of people toward me. If I'd known that people would react so enthusiastically, I'd have done it years ago.

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

In everyday life there is always manana. There is no urgency

There's a difference between over-training and over-exercising. Over-training can be you're trying to do something at high performance, but when you're over-exercising it just means that you don't have a life. And there are obviously people who go to that extreme.

I swam my brains out.