Nobody is going to put a limit on what I'm doing.

The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.

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

I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.

Obviously for water safety, you want to learn just to be comfortable in the water; that's the main goal. I think the second that you start freaking out and feeling uncomfortable, it's not going to go well.

This is my 20th year in the sport. I've known swimming and that's it. I don't want to swim past age 30; if I continue after this Olympics, and come back in 2016, I'll be 31. I'm looking forward to being able to see the other side of the fence.

If you're not on your 'A' game in our workouts every day, you're going to get absolutely smoked.