I'm trying to do the best I can. I'm not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today.

If you have a lane, you have a chance.

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.

One of the most difficult things for people who have been successful in sports is adapting to the daily world where you can't get an answer from someone until 5 o'clock tomorrow. There is always an excuse. Living 40 or 50 years like that doesn't get too exciting after a while

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

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

In my day, at 12 years old, which was 38 years ago, we worked out in summer months for two and a half hours. Today someone in that age group might work out for four hours, two hours in the morning and two at night