At a very young age, I wrote down the goals that I had so I could always see what I wanted to accomplish. And I would look at that goal sheet and think "I still want to do this."So I'd decide "I'm not quitting."

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

I think to be - for me to be an American is - you know, it's one of the greatest things in the world for - you know, for me just because I've been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world.

Things won’t go perfect. It’s all about how you adapt from those things and learn from mistakes.

I wanted to do something nobody ever did. This goes hand in hand with my goal of changing swimming.

I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to get myself fired up

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