If you're not on your 'A' game in our workouts every day, you're going to get absolutely smoked.

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

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

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.

There's such a high stigma around talking about your feelings or insecurities because, especially for men, we don't want to show that "weakness." But I'm always like, "OK, what would you rather do: Show weakness and get better, or continue to get worse and who knows where that leads?" There's something behind the suicide rate continuing to climb year after year. Why don't we ask for help?

I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything.

And, you know, being able to wear the stars and stripes, when you step up on one of the blocks or, you know, when you step off of an airplane or when you hear the national anthem play, you know, it's one of the greatest feelings in the world because you know that there are people at home who are supporting you and watching you.