I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment. I'm 23 years old and despite the successes I've had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again.

I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That's where I belong.

So many people along the way,whatever it is you aspire to do, will tell you it can't be done. But it all it takes is imagination. You dream. You plan. You reach. There will be obstacles. There will doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, with belief, with confidence and trust in yourself and those around you, there no limits.

I believe in God; I'm not saying I'm highly religious.

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

I think with practice, you can being whatever you want to be, and with a goal you can go in any direction that you want to go in.

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