It's the Olympics. If you can't get up to swim early in the morning, don't go.

The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.

Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name.

It's not how you start, but it's how you finish.

Every day is different and every day brings something more exciting.

Water has always been a large part of my life, so for me now, being a father with another child on the way, I'm just teaching some of the small things I've been able to learn - and passing that onto the younger generation. Small things like turning your faucet off when you brush your teeth, not taking a 30-minute shower when you really don't need to. So I want to teach the younger generation to spread the message and make a difference. I'm almost more excited to do this than I was to swim.

I don't like to be second in anything. I was trying, I just wasn't going anywhere.