Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name.

I learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a late night talk show.

My strategy is that I actually have absolutely no strategy.

Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualization. And I think that that helped me to get a feel of what it was gonna be like when I got there. I knew that I had done everything that I could to get ready for that meet, both physically and mentally

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

Dream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible.

When we got in the race, we knew what we had to do and knew what we wanted to do. Having three of four guys from the American record 800 free relay is a pretty solid relay, so we thought we could take a crack at the U.S. Open record tonight. We're all a little tired, but that's fifth-fastest American relay ever, so it's not a bad time. We ended tonight on a great note.