I see my goals as personal and I always have. That's just been how I've worked.

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

I have had extreme ups and downs. The biggest thing I learned after I broke my wrist is to never give up. Nothing in life will ever come easy. It depends on how you deal with those obstacles and how you overcome those obstacles. If you can overcome them, you're a stronger person. If you make mistakes along the way, as long as you never make that same mistake again, you're a successful person.

I like to just think of myself as a normal person who just has a passion, has a goal and a dream and goes out and does it. And that's really how I've always lived my life.

Records are always made to be broken no matter what they are. Anybody can do anything that they set their mind to.

I know it won't be eight medals again. If you want to compare me to that, that's your decision, not mine. I'm going out there to try to accomplish the things that I have in my mind and in my heart.

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