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

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

It has nothing to do with swimming. That happens to be my sport. I'm trying to see how far I can go

When I went to the Olympics, I had every intention of shaving the moustache off, but I realized I was getting so many comments about it — and everybody was talking about it — that I decided to keep it.

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

I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win.

Do any exercise you want as long as you're willing to do it. You see gym equipment on TV advertisements all the time, but guess what? It's only good if you actually use it.