I try to separate my personal life from swimming.

Perseverance, determination, commitment, and courage-those things are real. The desire for redemption drives you.

Coming into tonight, I knew it was going to be a great race, ... In the 400, Laszlo put up a 4:10.1 earlier in the year, and so you expect him to put up a good time in (the 200). I knew Ryan was going to be fast coming off his short course season, and he's improved a lot since Athens, so I just wanted to go out there and relax a bit and go out there and do what I had to do.

It doesn't matter what else is going on. When you walk into your arena or your - whatever you excel at, you're there to take care of the job that you have to do.

I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal.

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

You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.