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

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

I would visualize the best- and worst-case scenarios. Whether I get disqualified or my goggles fill up with water or I lose my goggles or I come in last, I'm ready for anything.

If we can continue to come together and work on small things little by little, at least it's something. It's a start. At least now there's a lot more talk about climate change and the Earth's state than when I was a kid. I guess it's better late than never? But it's also very tricky because this is something that's so important to so many of us, and a lot of people don't see it that way. But hopefully, we can get all our points across to them - one by one, one person at a time.

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.

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

Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn't be done, all it takes is an imagination.