I like to just think of myself as a normal person who just has a passion, has a goal and a dream and goes out and does it. And that's really how I've always lived my life.

Eat, sleep and swim, that's all I can do.

Before, it came easy for me. I don't have two speeds anymore. I need to focus on the small things that I once took for granted.

I have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, 'Well, what do I do? What's best for me?' I need to look into options for the future.

If you put your mind to anything that you dream, you can achieve it.

I'm the same kind of guy before all this happened.

I don't want to be the next Mark Spitz; I want to be the first Michael Phelps