My biggest loss was the Olympics. I just can't forget losing. I never will

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

I am going to sit there and watch Michael Phelps break my record anonymously? That's almost demeaning to me. It is not almost - it is.

Swimming isn't everything - winning is.

So in my mind I own a lot of house records still

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

I'm at the depot, and I'm not going anywhere. That's better to deal with than having to deal with the unknown. And the unknown is they don't want to fail. They don't want to pay the price unless there's a guarantee they're going to get there