Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz.

I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

Being able to do something that's never been done before, that's what I've always wanted to do. . . . There was nothing that was going to stand in my way of being the first.

I'm satisfied in a way because this is an eye opener for me, ... I didn't have the success I've always been able to have. I learned a lot.

When you use your imagination anything can happen.

It's cool just because I've had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it's finally happening.

I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.