Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn't be done, all it takes is an imagination.

I think to be - for me to be an American is - you know, it's one of the greatest things in the world for - you know, for me just because I've been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world.

Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualization. And I think that that helped me to get a feel of what it was gonna be like when I got there. I knew that I had done everything that I could to get ready for that meet, both physically and mentally

It's cool just because I've had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it's finally happening.

People say to me, 'You're so lucky. You get to see the world.' But I don't. I go to the hotel and to the pools and back again. That's it.

When you use your imagination anything can happen.

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