I know it won't be eight medals again. If you want to compare me to that, that's your decision, not mine. I'm going out there to try to accomplish the things that I have in my mind and in my heart.

I think the biggest things I am looking forward to is getting new faces into the sport. Getting kids who could be afraid of water to feel comfortable in the pool.

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

Things can change in the blink of an eye!

I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.

Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz.

The problem with heart disease is the first symptom is often fatal.