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

With social media, so many people have anxiety and depression because of it. Of course technology is somewhat good, but it can present so many issues; more and more we're seeing what that's causing, and it's even leading to deaths. I just got finished doing a documentary called Anx with children talking about anxiety and recognizing their emotions and understanding them better. We need to let kids know it's OK to not be OK. And we need to help them be comfortable talking about it.

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

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

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

I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to get myself fired up

You can't put a limit anything.