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

I think with practice, you can being whatever you want to be, and with a goal you can go in any direction that you want to go in.

What does God mean to me? I guess I was made the way I am for some reason, and I've been able to find the talent I have, and I've been able to use it, so I'm grateful for that. I believe in God; [but] I'm not saying I'm highly religious.

My mom never really pushed me into doing something. It was kind of whatever I wanted to do, and that was what made me continue and have the longevity that I had in my career. I went through ups and downs in the pool when I loved it and when I hated it.

Things can change in the blink of an eye!

I don't like to be second in anything. I was trying, I just wasn't going anywhere.

I am 26 and, and I don't recover as fast as I have in the past.