I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great. I can't explain it.

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.

Swimming is fun. It's a lot funner than golf.

There is a one woman in China that claimed she paid $50 to get my e-mail address. It was pretty shocking. I got one this morning from Scotland. A girl's requesting a signed photo of me.

Every day after I wake up, I think, 'Wait... this can't be real; I'm still going to wake up.'

Eat, sleep and swim, that's all I can do.